[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Anthony Baxter Anthony Baxter anthony@interlink.com.au
Tue, 09 Apr 2002 00:20:26 +1000

Guido van Rossum wrote The testing is a problem, but if we can test 2.3 on platform X, it shouldn't be too hard to test 2.1.3 there, too.

In theory, yes. But in practice we get patches in the tracker that say "this makes the current python build on platform xyz, version N.M". Rarely will the person who contributed the patch also help with porting it to a different version of python, and equally rare is an explanation of why the patch works. All that is left is to examine the patch, consult the chicken entrails, and hope.

Anthony