[Python-Dev] Python 1.6 bug fix strategy (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 06:48:59 -0500

[Jeremy Hylton] > We have gotten several bug reports recently based on 1.6b1. What > plans, if any, are there to fix these bugs before the 1.6 final > release?

My understanding is that 1.6final is done, except for plugging in a license; i.e., too late even for bugfixes. If true, "Fixed in 2.0" will soon be a popular response to all sorts of things -- unless CNRI intends to do its own work on 1.6.

Applying the fix for writelines is easy, and I'll take care of it.

The other patch that jeremy mentioned (http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470&func=detailbug&bug_id=111403) has no fix that I know of, is not easily reproduced, and was only spotted in embedded code, so it might be the submittor's fault. Without a reproducible test case it's unlikely to get fixed, so I'll let that one go.

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