RetroSearch Browse

Sun Dec 7 01:23:57 CET 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-December/084040.html

On Sat, Dec 06, 2008, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>
> Since the release of 3.0, several critical issues have come to our
> attention. Namely, the builtin cmp function wasn't removed [1] and the
> new IO library proved to be (as expected) abysmally slow [2][3][4].
> Christian proposed that we release 3.0.1 within the next week to patch
> up this critical issues. Thoughts?

Seems overly aggressive to me.  These prohibit use of 3.0 in production
environments; they do not prohibit development in 3.0.  I think we should
target early January and make it public that we are doing so.  That will
give more time for any additional similar bugs to get fixed at once.
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

"It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code."
--Bill Harlan

Home - News ( United States | United Kingdom | Italy | Germany ) - Football scores

Showing content from https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-December/084040.html below:

[Python-Dev] 3.0.1 possibilities