[Python-Dev] 2.5.2 release coming up

[Steve Holden]

Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
>> Also, *nothing* should go into the 2.4 branch any more *except*
>> important security patches.
    ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue1745035
> I guess this one should concern both 2.4 and 2.5 branches.
> 

Egregious though the error may be I can't myself see that a complete new 
release is justified simply to include a four-line patch in a single 
(not often-used?) module. If it were a buffer overflow it might be 
different (but that would pretty much have to involve a C component).

Couldn't we just publicize the patch? I can't bring myself to believe 
that 1745035 is really "important" enough.

regards
  Steve
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