Another data point: Currently all Zope systems (2.5.1, 2.6.1) appear to be constrained to use Py2.1.3. On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Anthony Baxter wrote: > > >>> "Raymond Hettinger" wrote > > After closing a bug report for something fixed in Py2.2.3 and beyond, > > I later wondered if it should be left open so that a fix can be made back > > to Py2.1.4. > > > > My question is whether there is going to be another bugfix release > > for 2.1 or can we limit our open bugs and backports to just 2.2? > > > > My own preference is to avoid considering 2.1 because the issues > > and solutions tend to change as you go back in time. > > My own opinion (as someone who's been down this path before) is that > another 2.1.x release is only worthwhile if a sufficiently vile bug > crops up in a way as to cause serious problems (as the GC and > trashcan bugs did for 2.1.2/2.1.3). At that point, it might be worth > considering any other bugs. At the time of 2.1.2, I trawled back > through months of changelogs for bugs that were nasty enough to merit > fixing. I'm not convinced that this was worth doing, in hindsight. > Some of the bug fixes I folded back in no doubt made people's life > easier, but most probably won't ever be noticed. At this point in > Python's life-cycle (there's been 4 2.2 releases now, and we're coming > up on the first 2.3 release), I don't think anyone would expect a > new Py2.1 release unless it was fixing a serious serious problem. > > On the other hand, if you're fixing a bug and you do see a fix that > could be applied to 2.1, and you're willing to do the (hopefully small) > amount of work to apply it to the 2.1 branch, more power to you. :) > > Anthony > -- > Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au> > It's never too late to have a happy childhood. > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >
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