[Python-Dev] PEP-0006, Bug Fix Releases (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Aug 7 14:52:04 CEST 2004

Anthony Baxter wrote:

1. Backport bug fixes. If you fix a bug, and it seems appropriate, port it to the CVS branch for the current bug fix release. If you're unwilling or unable to backport it yourself, make a note in the commit message.

Would it be helpful to mandate a precise wording?

Starting with Python 2.0, all feature releases are required to have a version number of the form X.Y; patch releases will always be of the form X.Y.Z.

Here is one instance of "patch release" left.

The process for managing patch releases is modeled in part on the cl Tsystem [1].

This should have been left at "Tcl system".

[1] http://dev.scriptics.com:8080/cgi-bin/tct/tip/28.html

This should be

http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/28.html

at the moment, as Scriptics is gone.

Regards, Martin

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