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Mon Nov 3 10:36:33 EST 2003 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-November/039912.html

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 07:47, Alex Martelli wrote:
> I made a few bugfix check-ins to the 2.3 maintenance branch this weekend and 
> Michael Hudson commented that he thinks that so doing is a bad idea, that bug
> fixes should filter from the 2.4 trunk to the 2.3 branch and not the other way 
> around.  Is this indeed the policy (have I missed some guidelines about it)? 

It is customary to fix things on the trunk first, then backport to
branches where it is needed.  People who maintain branches often watch
the trunk to look for things that need to be backported.  As far as I
know, no one watches the branches to look for things to port to the
trunk.  It may get lost if it's only on a branch.

The best thing to do is your option [a]: Fix it in both places at once. 
Then there's nothing to be forgotten when time for a release rolls
around.

Jeremy

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