Re: [python-committers] Data corruption issue (C IO library)

2009-08-07 Thread Nick Coghlan
Georg Brandl wrote: > OK, maybe alphas and betas were a bit too skeptical; but there needs to be > *something* that people can test before final. Otherwise, another release > may be necessary just afterwards :| As has been noted, release candidate -> maintenance release is the approach that has w

Re: [python-committers] Data corruption issue (C IO library)

2009-08-07 Thread Anthony Baxter
Its also about preventing the brown paper bag releases caused by stupid screwups. On Aug 7, 2009 8:08 PM, "Nick Coghlan" wrote: Georg Brandl wrote: > OK, maybe alphas and betas were a bit too skeptical; but there needs to be > *... As has been noted, release candidate -> maintenance release is t

Re: [python-committers] Data corruption issue (C IO library)

2009-08-07 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:20 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: Why does that require doing alphas and betas? I believe the 2.5.x releases only had a RC and the 3.0.1 and 2.6.x had no preview releases before the final bugfix release. OK, maybe alphas and betas were a bit too skeptical; but there needs to

Re: [python-committers] Data corruption issue (C IO library)

2009-08-07 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le jeudi 06 août 2009 à 23:32 -0700, Raymond Hettinger a écrit : > > I just meant to +1 the "we need to make a new micro-release right now" > > paragraph. Logistically, I think it needs to be a full binary release > > but it could be identical to 3.1 except for the one patch. > > Looking at Misc/

[python-committers] www & svn . python.org down?

2009-08-07 Thread Gregory P. Smith
i assume someone already knows, just pointing it out. ___ python-committers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers

Re: [python-committers] www & svn . python.org down?

2009-08-07 Thread Thomas Wouters
Yes. On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 23:14, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > i assume someone already knows, just pointing it out. > ___ > python-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers > --