[Python-Dev] 2.1.1 maintenance branch (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:41:35 -0400

How should the 2.1 branch be used? Is it acceptable to propagate patches from the mainline to that branch? Is there somebody that needs to review changes made to the branch?

Specific case in question: Anthony Baxter found Zope crashing, and apparently ceval.c 2.277 fixes that crash. I would now like to forward this patch to the 2.1 branch.

I don't know that we're going to do a 2.1.2 release, but if we do, it will be released from the 2.1 branch, so it's a good idea to start migrating patches to that branch -- VERY selectively. This is a good one to start with: an obvious bug that causes a core dump.

If someone (you?) volunteers to act as a 2.1.2 release manager, chances of a 2.1.2 release go way up.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)