[Python-Dev] 2.6 and 3.0 project management

Sun Mar 16 21:56:52 CET 2008

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> I mentioned this to Guido and got a positive response, so let me state
> my preference for your feedback. I plan on holding up the final
> releases until both versions are ready to go. I think this will help
> motivate us to give Python 2.6 the love it needs if it's lagging
> behind 3.0, and I completely agree with Guido that this let's our
> community know that both versions are equally important to us.

It's a deal.
> The other thing is that I'd really like is a "show stoppers" Roundup
> search. The idea is that if our core buildbots look good and the
> "show stoppers" search turns up no items, then I know I can cut a
> release (at least for alphas, betas, and rcs). If there are "show
> stoppers" then I have something that I can triage (and maybe re-assign
> severity) or start publicly harassing people into fixing.

How about using the "critical" Severity for show stoppers?
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)