[Python-Dev] thinking about 2.7

[Michael Foord]

Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 2009/9/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
>   
>> Isn't that the real compatibility test *anyway* - how successful a new
>> version of Python is at running all the existing Python code...
>>     
>
> Yes, but we should have expect 3rd party code to be detecting bugs for
> us that our test suite could have shown on a platform.
>
>
>   
Well, Trent Nelson is going to devote some real time to Snakebite - so 
there is a very good chance that it will be up and active before the 
release. Naturally I agree it would be *preferable* to run tests on all 
supported platforms prior to release.

Michael

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