[Python-Dev] Adding a new C API function in 2.6

[Barry Warsaw]

On May 20, 2010, at 06:01 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:

>On 5/20/2010 5:52 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> On May 20, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds good to me, since this is (a) a security fix that will make
>>> some vendors happy, and (b) only a C-level API. I expect that some
>>> apps embedding Python will use this API unconditionally and this break
>>> with earlier Python versions; this could be intentional because of the
>>> vulnerability (else why would they change their code to call the new
>>> API), or they can use an #if to check for a version>= 2.6.6.
>>
>> I concur, as long as the new API availability is clearly spelled out in the
>> release notes, NEWS, and C API documentation.  Maybe even provide an example
>> #ifdef in the latter.
>>
>> Should we start thinking about releasing 2.6.6 soonish?
>
>By tradition, it should come out soon after 2.7 and be the last bugfix 
>(except for security patches).

I guess what I mean is, should we have (at least) one more point release
before the post-2.7 last-bug-fix-release?

-Barry

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