On 3/23/2014 3:29 AM, Cory Benfield wrote: > On 23 March 2014 at 04:32:17, Terry Reedy (tjreedy at udel.edu(mailto:tjreedy at udel.edu)) wrote: >> Instead, I think the PEP should propose a special series of server >> enhancement releases that are based on the final 2.7 maintenance release >> (2.7.8 or 2.7.9) but which have have a different application-specific >> enhancement policy. > > This is an interesting idea. My biggest problem with it is that, at least > with the ssl library, these aren’t server-only problems. If we suggest that > they are, we end up in the same position we’re in right now (that is, hurting > the internet). If I understood the problem and pep too narrowly, substitute 'security' or whatever phrase you want for 'server'. My last sentence was an admission that some details of what I said would need to be changed. The key idea is to admit the what is being proposed is a minor fork of 2.7 (somewhat like Stackless 2.7) that might break code and which would require separate code testing -- Terry Jan Reedy
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