On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 13:34, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > 2009/9/23 Brett Cannon <br...@python.org>: >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:35, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> I've started plotting the release of 2.7. I'd like to try for a final >>> release mid next summer. 3.2 should be released, if not at the same >>> time as 2.7, within a few weeks to avoid 2.x having features which 3.x >>> doesn't. If no one has problems with this, I will draft a schedule. >>> >> >> Yes. Does this mean you are volunteering to be the 3.2 release >> manager? Or simply prodding for volunteers? If it's the former are you >> at all worried about burn-out from doing two release so close together >> and being on the hook for two point releases at roughly the same time >> for about two years after? > > While I certainly wouldn't mind doing only 2.7, I don't know how we > could preserve everyone's sanity and release them at about the same > time. Different RMs would have different times they can do releases, > so I would worry about there being a release in a slightly different > stage of a different branch every couple weeks. >
If you are okay with it then that's fine. > As for burn out, I expected 2.7.x, as the last 2.x release, to be > different in that several people would do the maintenance releases > (perhaps on a 6 month schedule or so) for the 5 year period, so that > would leave me with just 3.2.x (and maybe another 3.1.x release). Well, if you want that to happen you should make that clear now as I expected you to do the first few micro releases of 2.7. > > ... >>> >>> Additionally, I'm very apprehensive about doing any kind of release >>> without the buildbots running. Does anyone know when they might be up? >> >> I don't know the answer, but it might be "never". We used to do >> releases without them, so it's not impossible. Just means you have to >> really push the alphas, betas, and RCs. > > What do you mean "push"? Promote. -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
