[Python-Dev] thinking about 2.7

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 14:19, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> Benjamin Peterson wrote:
>>
>> 2009/9/23 Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:35, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> I've started plotting the release of 2.7. I'd like to try for a final
>>>> release mid next summer. 3.2 should be released, if not at the same
>>>> time as 2.7, within a few weeks to avoid 2.x having features which 3.x
>>>> doesn't. If no one has problems with this, I will draft a schedule.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. Does this mean you are volunteering to be the 3.2 release
>>> manager? Or simply prodding for volunteers? If it's the former are you
>>> at all worried about burn-out from doing two release so close together
>>> and being on the hook for two point releases at roughly the same time
>>> for about two years after?
>>>
>>
>> While I certainly wouldn't mind doing only 2.7, I don't know how we
>> could preserve everyone's sanity and release them at about the same
>> time. Different RMs would have different times they can do releases,
>> so I would worry about there being a release in a slightly different
>> stage of a different branch every couple weeks.
>>
>> As for burn out, I expected 2.7.x, as the last 2.x release,
>
> Are we definitely decided that 2.7 will be the last major release in the 2.x
> cycle?

I would say we won't be sure until we are closer to release, but I
would be willing to put money down that it will be.

-Brett