[Python-Dev] Goals for patch selection for 2.1.2 (original) (raw)

Anthony Baxter Anthony Baxter anthony@interlink.com.au
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 12:00:48 +1000

"Fred L. Drake, Jr." wrote Since the point of a strictly bug-fix release is to fix bugs, I would not tie the 2.1.2 release to 2.2 in any way. The 2.2 developments remain a cheap source of bug fixes, though, so anything that was an actual bug fix should be considered for 2.1.2. If an alternate fix is needed because the codebase changed too much (which may be very possible this time), a completely new patch may be needed.

I agree - there's also the possibility that there will be additional patches needed to fix a bug in code that's just not relevant for 2.2 (this is less likely), or an alternate fix might be needed that's not as thorough as one in 2.2 (where there's a large fix, a smaller workaround might be more appropriate for 2.1.2)

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