[Python-Dev] 2.7 Release? 2.7 == last of the 2.x line? (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Tue Nov 3 19:40:56 CET 2009

Antoine Pitrou schrieb:

Georg Brandl <g.brandl gmx.net> writes:

skip pobox.com schrieb: > Martin> And if 2.6 becomes the last of the 2.x series? > > With all due respect, I don't think you can make that decision now. The > time to have stated 2.6 would be the end of the 2.x line was when 2.6 was > released. At that point instead of opening up the trunk for changes you > would have closed it off or merged the py3k branch to trunk. 2.6.0 was > released over a year ago and there has been no effort to suppress bug fix or > feature additions to trunk since then. If you call 2.6 "the end of 2.x" > you'll have wasted a year of work on 2.7 with about a month to go before the > first 2.7 alpha release. +1. +1 as well. Besides, it is much better communication to release 2.7 and say up front that it will be the last major release in the 2.x line. Announcing that there won't be a 2.7, however, would give the impression of poor planning.

And of a rush to get rid of 2.x.

Georg

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