[Python-Dev] Adding a new C API function in 2.6 (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri May 21 00:01:52 CEST 2010

On 5/20/2010 5:52 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

On May 20, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Sounds good to me, since this is (a) a security fix that will make some vendors happy, and (b) only a C-level API. I expect that some apps embedding Python will use this API unconditionally and this break with earlier Python versions; this could be intentional because of the vulnerability (else why would they change their code to call the new API), or they can use an #if to check for a version>= 2.6.6. I concur, as long as the new API availability is clearly spelled out in the release notes, NEWS, and C API documentation. Maybe even provide an example #ifdef in the latter. Should we start thinking about releasing 2.6.6 soonish?

By tradition, it should come out soon after 2.7 and be the last bugfix (except for security patches).

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