[Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 29.10.2010 21:54, schrieb Barry Warsaw:
> Another quick thought. What would people think about regular timed
> releases if python 2.7?  This is probably more a question for
> Benjamin but doing sonmight provide better predictability and
> "customer service" to our users. I might like to see monthly releases
> but even quarterly would probably be useful. Doing timed releases
> might also incentivize folks to fix more outstanding 2.7 bugs.

Ah, timed releases :-)

I know this is bike-shedding, but PY_MINOR_VERSION has never used
two digits, so far.

More seriously - I think that monthly releases would be a *dis-service*
to users, and I base that on personal experience with both Bazaar,
and TortoiseSVN. For less-than-daily users, the user experience will
be that they should upgrade their installation *every* time they want
to use it. People providing support will always ask "are you using
the latest version", to which the answer will be "of course not,
I am using an installation that is five weeks old".

Regards,
Martin