-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> I think it is still timely when fixed in January or February. >> In fact, releasing it still in December might not be possible, >> due to the limited time available. > > The cmp() / PyObject_Compare() removal patch is almost done. With > some help I can finish it until Tuesday evening. We can have another > release by Monday Dec 15th. Python 3.0.0 has some defects that > should be fixed before people are spending their Xmas holidays with > 3.0. The defects include > > * cmp(), PyObject_Compare() and frieds > * global/nonlocal shortcuts (global x = 0) aren't working > * unnecessary slowdown of read() due slow buffer resizing. > > An early 3.0.1 release makes it possible to sync 2.6 and 3.0 relases > again. If we release it now we can have an combined release of 2.6.2 > and 3.0.2 in two months from now. Two months are quite some time to > fix the performance issue of the new IO library. > > If Guido and Barry are fine with a lax policy on performance fixes > we can integrate more tweaks. I believe performances patches were > considered as features in the past. For this reason they weren't > allowed for minor releases. Mark's work on long integer > optimizations and json speedup are good candidates. I'm personally okay with performance fixes in point releases, as long it doesn't change API or add additional features. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBSTxv5XEjvBPtnXfVAQIu6AQAkxyGwhapcREx5/E3yHUf8lWvM4lh/FdR AfHwwp7hs+yX8rR05CWAUfllY9dHcHKHvBCwTCgfuIrc4GJWbJHcx9/b19GTpzre 7fcikjQ0sk6zUq85DiJah7qL5AkA6Jmiby+rol7iudHlmQO/+6F6+aeL+vSKG8IC vYbLILAFapI= =ScYg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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