Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Is there a PEP with end-of-life info? I had meant to write a PEP on security releases for several years now. Since this still doesn't exist, here is the outline of the procedures that maintainers have agreed upon: - bug fix releases are made until the next feature release is out (with 2.7 bein

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Georg Brandl
On 10/01/2012 01:30 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: Is there a PEP with end-of-life info? I had meant to write a PEP on security releases for several years now. Since this still doesn't exist, here is the outline of the procedures that maintainers have agreed upon: - bug fix releases are made unti

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le lundi 01 octobre 2012 à 13:30 +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" a écrit : > I'm not aware of a formal policy for 2.7. I guess it will end its life > by BDFL pronouncement; giving it a 5 year bug fix period (which would > end on July 3, 2015) seems a bit long to me - I'd favor to stop bug > fixing along w

Re: [python-committers] contributor forms (was Re: contributor form for Alexander Belopolsky)

2012-10-01 Thread Kurt B. Kaiser
Unfortunately, the list of core developers with the form flag set doesn't match the actual forms on file. For example, I did not find my form in the files sent to me by the previous Administrator. I'm currently in the process of having all the forms scanned. I'll then check them into the PSF rep

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Oct 01, 2012, at 02:23 PM, Georg Brandl wrote: >I've now added lifespan information to the 3.2 and 3.3 release schedule >PEPs, perhaps Barry and Benjamin could do the same for 2.6 to 3.1. Done for PEP 361, which actually covers both the 2.6 and 3.0 releases. I've described Python 3.0 as not b

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Oct 01, 2012, at 01:30 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >I had meant to write a PEP on security releases for several >years now. +1 >Since this still doesn't exist, here is the outline >of the procedures that maintainers have agreed upon: >- bug fix releases are made until the next feature release

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Oct 01, 2012, at 02:44 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >"5 years" was once recorded in the 2.7 release page: >http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2010-April/573621.html > >... although it isn't anymore: >“Python 2.7 is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series >before it moves

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/1/2012 8:23 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: On 10/01/2012 01:30 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: Is there a PEP with end-of-life info? I had meant to write a PEP on security releases for several years now. Since this still doesn't exist, here is the outline of the procedures that maintainers have ag

Re: [python-committers] 3.3.1 two months away?

2012-10-01 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/1/2012 1:02 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: You are right that we should have information about bugfix/security mode and about end-of-life; I propose to put them in the respective release schedule PEPs. From the commit: > +3.3 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months until >

Re: [python-committers] 3.3.1 two months away?

2012-10-01 Thread R. David Murray
On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:57:45 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/1/2012 1:02 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: > > > You are right that we should have information about bugfix/security mode > > and > > about end-of-life; I propose to put them in the respective release schedule > > PEPs. > > From the commit

Re: [python-committers] 3.3.1 two months away?

2012-10-01 Thread Georg Brandl
On 10/01/2012 04:57 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 10/1/2012 1:02 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: You are right that we should have information about bugfix/security mode and about end-of-life; I propose to put them in the respective release schedule PEPs. From the commit: > +3.3 will receive bugfix

Re: [python-committers] 3.3.1 two months away?

2012-10-01 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2012/10/1 R. David Murray : > On the other hand, Gentoo (Arfrever) already found one crasher > post-release...but fortunately it only happens in debug builds (although > that could mean there is a behavior bug in non-debug builds). It definitely happens in release builds. -- Regards, Benjamin _

Re: [python-committers] 3.3.1 two months away?

2012-10-01 Thread Georg Brandl
On 10/01/2012 07:30 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: 2012/10/1 R. David Murray : On the other hand, Gentoo (Arfrever) already found one crasher post-release...but fortunately it only happens in debug builds (although that could mean there is a behavior bug in non-debug builds). It definitely happe

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2012/10/1 Georg Brandl : > I've now added lifespan information to the 3.2 and 3.3 release schedule > PEPs, perhaps Barry and Benjamin could do the same for 2.6 to 3.1. I just updated the 3.1 and 2.7 schedules. -- Regards, Benjamin ___ python-committer

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/10/12 14:23, Georg Brandl wrote: > I've now added lifespan information to the 3.2 and 3.3 release > schedule PEPs, perhaps Barry and Benjamin could do the same for > 2.6 to 3.1. http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0398/ """ 3.3 Lifespan 3.3 will r

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread R. David Murray
On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:41:25 +0200, Jesus Cea wrote: > On 01/10/12 14:23, Georg Brandl wrote: > > I've now added lifespan information to the 3.2 and 3.3 release > > schedule PEPs, perhaps Barry and Benjamin could do the same for > > 2.6 to 3.1. > > http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0398/ > > """ >

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/10/12 02:25, R. David Murray wrote: >> 3.3 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months >> until one release after the release of 3.4.0 final. After that, >> security [...] > As a native English speaker it is not immediately obviou

Re: [python-committers] Branches support status (Re: 3.3 branch created in main repository)

2012-10-01 Thread Georg Brandl
On 10/02/2012 02:37 AM, Jesus Cea wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/10/12 02:25, R. David Murray wrote: 3.3 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months until one release after the release of 3.4.0 final. After that, security [...] As a native English s