[Python-Dev] 3.7.2rc1 and 3.6.8rc1 cutoffs ahead, last 3.6.x bugfix release!

[Charalampos Stratakis]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Serhiy Storchaka" <storchaka at gmail.com>
> To: python-dev at python.org
> Cc: python-committers at python.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 10:14:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] 3.7.2rc1 and 3.6.8rc1 cutoffs ahead, last 3.6.x bugfix release!
> 
> 04.12.18 10:42, Ned Deily пише:
> > A reminder: as previously announced, 3.6.8 is planned to be the last bugfix
> > release of the 3.6 series.  Python 3.6.0 was released on 2016-12-23, so by
> > the time 3.6.8 is released, 3.6.x will have been in bugfix mode almost
> > exactly 2 years.  When a new feature release is made and enters "bugfix"
> > mode, our policy has long been to continue to maintain the previous bugfix
> > branch for at least one more release and then move that branch to
> > "security fix only" mode.  3.7.0 (and 3.6.6) was released nearly six
> > months ago and, with the release of 3.6.8, there will have been two
> > additional 3.6.x bugfix releases since then.  So, barring any showstopper
> > issues that might arise, the upcoming 3.6.8rc1 is your last chance to make
> > bugfix changes for 3.6.x.  Following the successful release of 3.6.8, only
> > sec
> >   urity fixes will be accepted for the 3.6 branch and future 3.6.x releases
> >   will be source-only and scheduled as needed; no further binary
> >   installers will be produced for 3.6.  Refer to the Dev Guide
> >   sections and release PEPs linked below for more information.
> 
> Can we revise our policy and prolong the bug fixing mode for 3.6? 3.6 is
> the default Python in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and RHEL 8. And due to several
> important syntax features it can be a minimal required version for long
> time.
> 

That would actually be a great move, even if it doesn't happen, thanks for
considering it.

> I merged several PRs before releasing 3.6.8rc1, but there are still less
> trivial bugfix PRs which need more time for reviewing, and there are
> bugs for which no PR is created yet. There is also a number of
> documentation PRs. I propose to allow backporting bugfixes to 3.6 if
> they do not need excessive work, but stop to fix 3.6 only bugs. After
> migrating to GitHab, backporting became less painful, most of backports
> to 3.6 can be done automatically from master or from 3.7.
> 
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Regards,

Charalampos Stratakis
Software Engineer
Python Maintenance Team, Red Hat