[Python-Dev] Python 2.6.3

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 05:52, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
>
>> The IDLE issue is IMHO a release blocker, as is issue 6851.
>
> So that leaves 4 release blockers for 2.6.3.  Three of these are assigned to
> Ronald.  Ronald are you sure you will have time to fix these by then?  The
> one I'm still uncertain on is the IDLE hang.  If this only affects OS X 10.6
> and there is no progress on it by the time 2.6.3 is otherwise ready, I'm
> willing to knock this down in severity.
>
> Martin, you have the other showstopper bug for 2.6.3.  Do you think you will
> be able to fix that one in time?

That issue doesn't require Martin specifically. I just needed to know
if changing the BaseException struct would be bad (Georg answered w/
"yes"). It will probably fall on to me (or Georg if his proposed
solution pans out) to get this fixed.

-Brett