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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Oct 30 01:12:28 CEST 2010

Am 29.10.2010 21:54, schrieb Barry Warsaw:

Another quick thought. What would people think about regular timed releases if python 2.7? This is probably more a question for Benjamin but doing sonmight provide better predictability and "customer service" to our users. I might like to see monthly releases but even quarterly would probably be useful. Doing timed releases might also incentivize folks to fix more outstanding 2.7 bugs.

Ah, timed releases :-)

I know this is bike-shedding, but PY_MINOR_VERSION has never used two digits, so far.

More seriously - I think that monthly releases would be a dis-service to users, and I base that on personal experience with both Bazaar, and TortoiseSVN. For less-than-daily users, the user experience will be that they should upgrade their installation every time they want to use it. People providing support will always ask "are you using the latest version", to which the answer will be "of course not, I am using an installation that is five weeks old".

Regards, Martin

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