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

Aahz Maruch aahz@rahul.net
Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:47:00 -0700 (PDT)

Martin von Loewis wrote:

I think the following milestones should appear: - deadline for contributing new patches - deadline for selecting and integrating CVS mainline patches - release of a release candidate - release

I can't remember whether it was Tim or Guido, but it has been suggested that a true bugfix release shouldn't need a release candidate. Me, I'm always in favor of release candidates.

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