[Python-Dev] Python 3.4: Cherry-picking into rc2 and final

Larry Hastings larry at hastings.org
Wed Feb 19 01:31:56 CET 2014


On 02/18/2014 04:19 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Am 19.02.2014 01:05, schrieb Larry Hastings:
>> On 02/18/2014 03:56 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>> Am 19.02.2014 00:46, schrieb Larry Hastings:
>>>> On 02/18/2014 03:38 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>>>> Am 17.02.2014 00:25, schrieb Larry Hastings:
>>>>>> And my local branch will remain private until 3.4.0 final ships!
>>>>> sorry, but this is so wrong. Is there *any* reason why to keep this branch
>>>>> private?
>>>> Yes.  It ensures that nobody can check something into it against my wishes.
>>>> Also, in the event that I cherry-pick revisions out-of-order, it allows me to
>>>> rebase, making merging easier.
>>>>
>>>> Is there *any* reason to make this branch public before 3.4.0 final?
>>>    - Python is an open source project.  Why do we need to hide
>>>      development for a month or more?
>>>
>>>    - Not even four eyes looking at the code seems to be odd. You
>>>      can make mistakes too.
>>>
>>> This seems to be a social or a technical problem.  I assume making this branch
>>> available read-only would address your concerns?  Does hg allow this?  And if
>>> not, why not create this branch in the upstream repository, and tell people not
>>> to commit to it?  Why shouldn't such a social restriction work?  Seems to work
>>> well for other projects.
>> When you are release manager for Python, you may institute this policy if you
>> like.  Right now, I have enough to do as it is.
> is it too much to ask for a public mirror / tarball / something of this branch?
>   This seems to be a minor effort compared to the clinic work that went into 3.4.

Why do you need this?  What is your use case?


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