Am 22.03.14 22:11, schrieb Nick Coghlan: > Title: Network Security Enhancement Exception for All Branches
I'm -0 on the general idea, and -1 on the inclusion of the 2.7 branch into the policy. The PEP trades security concerns against stability and maintainability. I see a maintenance threat coming out of it: existing installations will fail to operate after updating Python and some support libraries. Bug fix releases ought to focus on maintenance much more than moving along with general security threats. Software that ages needs to be retired, instead of trying to fix it endlessly (which is a futile exerciese, anyway). Everybody knows it, and has accepted it, so why should we fight what seems to be a fundamental law of software evolution? In the specific case of 2.7, I am hoping that we retire the branch soon. If so, it would be counter-productive to backport the current features to 2.7. They are still in progress, and users wouldn't be helped with getting a new feature in just the final bug fix release of 2.7, with no chance of then getting updates of the same feature, as there won't be any further bugfix releases. Finally, doing this in the 2.7 branch likely involves more effort than I'm personally willing to provide. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
