[Python-Dev] patch commit policies (was [issue4308] repr of httplib.IncompleteRead is stupid)

[Chris Withers]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
>>> That aside, is it actually a python-wide policy to *forbid* patching
>>> older releases where the patch isn't security-related?
>>
>> I set this policy for the releases I manage, namely 2.4 and 2.5.
> 
> This is a Python-wide policy.

...and, now that Martin has explained it, it makes perfect sense...

> When Python 2.7 is released, there will be one last 2.6.x bug fix 
> release, and then it will go into security-only mode.  Similarly, when 
> Python 3.1 is released, there will be one last 3.0.x release and it too 
> will go into security-only mode.

...of course, in a perfect work, it'd be nice to have 2 or 3 previous 
second point releases in bug-fix mode, rather than just one ;-)

Chris