[Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "AB" == Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au> writes:

    AB> [resend: sorry if you see it twice, but I can't see that the
    AB> original ever got through...]

    AB> Ok, I'd like to make the 2.1.2 release some time in the first
    AB> half of the week starting 7th Jan, assuming that's ok for the
    AB> folks who'll need to do the work on the PC/Mac packaging.

One of the things I'd really like to be sure works in 2.1.2 is
largefile support.  I've had some trouble along these lines on
filesystems that I know have largefile (because a Python 2.2 built on
the same platform works fine).

Do we expect that largefile support should work in Python 2.1.2?  I'm
okay that autoconf detection fails as long as the instructions in the
posix module work:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/posix-large-files.html

I've had some failures on 2.4.7 kernels w/ ext3 filesystems.

    AB> I notice that pep 101 is pretty strongly focussed on the major
    AB> releases, not the minor ones. Is it worth making a modified
    AB> version of this PEP with the minor release steps?

I'd be more inclined to clone PEP 101 into a PEP 102 with micro
release instructions.  The nice thing about 101 is that you can just
go down the list, checking things off in a linear fashion as you
complete each item.  I'd be loathe to break up the linearity of that.

    AB> I don't have access to creosote.python.org, so someone else's
    AB> going to need to do this.

I can certainly help with any fiddling necessary on creosote.  Then
again...

    AB> As far as 2.2.1 goes, I'm happy to keep on the patch czar
    AB> role.

...if this is going to be a recurring role, we might just want to give
you access to the web cvs tree and creosote.
    
    AB> Is trying for a release before the conference too
    AB> aggressive a timeframe?  There seem to be a number of niggles
    AB> that'd be nice to have fixed...

Hey, if you're up for it!

dunno-about-you-but-i'm-planning-a-vacation-ly y'rs,
-Barry