[Python-Dev] svn.python.org confusion

[Nick Coghlan]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:
> On 06/30/2011 10:32 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> I'm not against adding this to svn, but please be sure these files don't leak
>> into the tarballs should we need to cut another 2.5 or 2.6 release.  I think
>> that just means tweaking sandbox/release/release.py.
>
> The fact that releases might / will still be made from those branches
> argues against including the file on them at all:  they are in fact the
> "canonical" repository locations, even if most of the work is done in hg
> and patched into them.

Indeed, 2.5 and 2.6 should be left alone. +1 on adding such a file to
the more recent branches that are handled in hg, though.

Cheers,
Nick.

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