> Guido van Rossum writes: > > I wonder, does that extend to new library modules? Is there also > > resistance against the growth there? I don't think so -- if anything, > > people are clamoring for more stuff to become standard (while at the > > There is still the issue of name clashes; introducing a new module > in the top-level namespace introduces a potential conflict with > someone's application-specific modules. This is a good reason for us > to get the standard library packagized sooner rather than later > (although this would have to be part of a "feature" release;). But of course the library repackaging in itself would cause enormous outcries, because in a very real sense it *does* break code. > > Wait a minute! Now you're making it too complicated. Betas of bugfix > > releases? That seems to defeat the purpose. What kind of > > Betas of the bugfix releases are important -- portability testing is > fairly difficult to do when all we have are Windows and Linux/x86 > boxes. There's definately a need for at least one beta. We probably > don't need to lengthy, multi-phase alpha/alpha/beta/beta/candidate > cycle we're using for feature releases now. OK, you can have *one* beta. That's it. > > It's not too late, as I mentioned. We'll also do this for 2.1. > > Managing the bugfix releases would also be an excellent task for > someone who's expecting to use the bugfix releases more than the > feature releases -- the mentality has to be right for the task. I > know I'm much more of a "features" person, and would have a hard time > not crossing the line if it were up to me what went into a bugfix > release. That's how all of us here at PythonLabs are feeling... I feel a community task coming. I'll bless a 2.0.1 release and the general idea of bugfix releases, but doing the grunt work won't be a PythonLabs task. Someone else inside or outside Python-dev will have to do some work. Aahz? > > BTW, See you at the conference! > > If we don't get snowed in! Good point. East coasters flying to LA on Monday, watch your weather forecast! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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