[Python-Dev] Future of 2.x. (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Jun 10 03:02:56 CEST 2010

Barry Warsaw wrote:

On Jun 09, 2010, at 01:15 AM, Fred Drake wrote:

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil at gmail.com> wrote: it would still be a good idea to introduce some of them in minor releases in 2.7. I know, this deviating from the process, but it could be an option considering that 2.7 is the last of 2.x release. I disagree.

If there are going to be features going into any post 2.7.0 version, there's no reason not to increment the revision number to 2.8, Since there's also a well-advertised decision that 2.7 will be the last 2.x, such a 2.8 isn't planned. But there's no reason to violate the no-features-in-bugfix-releases policy. We've seen violations cause trouble and confusion, but we've not seen it be successful. The policy wasn't arbitrary; let's stick to it. I completely agree with Fred. New features in point releases will cause many more headaches than opening up a 2.8, which I still hope we don't do. I'd rather see all that pent up energy focussed on doing whatever we can to help people transition to Python 3. Though one might ironically suggest that sticking to the policy actually represents a change in policy :)

regards Steve

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