[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Code Freeze - full or partial?

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 9, 2008, at 8:15 AM, skip at pobox.com wrote:

> In the past I seem to recall that the Python code proper might be  
> frozen
> (for a day or two) before a release, but that it was okay to still  
> commit
> changes to non-code files such as documentation or files in Misc.   
> Is this
> still the case in the new release-early-release-often regime?  Is the
> intention to make the duration of the code freeze so short (a few  
> minutes or
> hours) that it's not worth the effort to make this distinction?

For the alphas, that's certainly been the case because it hasn't been  
necessary to coordinate all the Experts.  IOW, it's okay for the  
Windows installer to get uploaded a few hours after the tarballs.

For the betas, rcs and finals, I think we want a little bit more  
coordination (correct me if you disagree).  So in that case, there may  
be a longer freeze.  Even in that case, I don't envision more than a  
24 hour freeze hopefully.

- -Barry

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