[Python-Dev] Issue 11715: building Python from source on multiarch Debian/Ubuntu

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Apr 1 18:31:10 CEST 2011


On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:39:59 +0200
Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Am 01.04.2011 14:49, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> > On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:42 +0100
> > Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> >> > I think I was unclear: I'm not advocating doing doc fixes in security-only
> >> > branches; I'm just explaining why it wouldn't even make sense to do these
> >> > fixes.
> >> >
> >> I understood. I was suggesting we modify to allow doc changes that fix 
> >> errors and push updated docs *online* (not do fresh releases) and asking 
> >> why not do that (other than policy)?
> > 
> > Well, I think the tradeoff is simply: do you want to do more work?
> > (or, given the same amount of work, do you think allocating your
> > workforce to backporting doc fixes is worthwhile?)
> 
> Absolutely.  I don't want to maintain that infrastructure.

But perhaps Michael would like to maintain it? He could be given an
account on dinsdale if he wants to.

Regards

Antoine.




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