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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:31:39 -0500 

>> Windows installers should not be created for development releases and
>> Linux distributions will have no business installing a Python
>> development release in /usr.

Andrew> Not creating some installable Windows package for development
Andrew> releases cuts of most of your potential reviewers on that
Andrew> platform.

Oh well. Guido already complains (rightfully so, I believe) that there is very little community input on the existing alpha/beta/rc1/rc2 process. As he put it earlier today, people who check out 2.2final think they are early adopters. If most people don't test out early releases now, Tim's been wasting his time generating all those installers.

The only way a significant change in the development model is going to work is if the effort necessary to generate micro releases drops drastically. If churning out a binary installer suitable for a development branch can be reduced to a few minutes, fine. If not, then I suspect either someone else will have to take that task over from Tim or Windows installers won't get cut for development point releases.

Skip