[Python-Dev] peps: Update with bugfix releases.

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon Feb 6 07:11:04 CET 2012


Am 06.02.2012 00:01, schrieb Barry Warsaw:
> On Feb 05, 2012, at 02:25 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 
>>The reason 3.2.3 is so soon is the need to patch the hash collision attack.
> 
> Also remember that we are coordinating releases between several versions of
> Python for this issue, some of which are in security-only mode.  The RMs of
> the active stable branches agree it's best to get these coordinated security
> releases out as soon as possible.

Well, one way to do it would be to release a rc now-ish, giving the community
time to test it, and to already use it productively in critical cases, and
release the final with the OSX fixes after/at PyCon.

Georg



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