[Python-Dev] Issue 11715: building Python from source on multiarch Debian/Ubuntu

[Michael Foord]

On 01/04/2011 13:32, Georg Brandl wrote:
> Am 01.04.2011 13:57, schrieb Michael Foord:
>> On 01/04/2011 11:46, Georg Brandl wrote:
>>> Am 31.03.2011 19:35, schrieb Éric Araujo:
>>>>> I would like to apply this patch (or its moral equivalent) to all active,
>>>>> affected branches of Python, meaning 2.5 through 2.7, and 3.1 through 3..3, as
>>>>> soon as possible.  Without this, it will be very difficult for anyone on
>>>>> future Ubuntu or Debian releases to build Python.  Since it's not a new
>>>>> feature, but just a minor fix to the build process, I think it should be okay
>>>>> to back port.
>>>> If I understand the policy correctly, 2.5 and 2.6 are not considered
>>>> active branches, so any doc, build or bug fixes are not acceptable.
>>> I wouldn't say doc fixes are not acceptable, but they are rather pointless
>>> since there won't be any more online docs or released docs for those versions.
>> In the case that docs are wrong for unmaintained (but still used)
>> versions of Python, is there any reason other than policy not to fix and
>> update online docs?
> I think I was unclear: I'm not advocating doing doc fixes in security-only
> branches; I'm just explaining why it wouldn't even make sense to do these
> fixes.
>
I understood. I was suggesting we modify to allow doc changes that fix 
errors and push updated docs *online* (not do fresh releases) and asking 
why not do that (other than policy)?

I don't see any advantage in leaving erroneous docs online even if we 
aren't going to do any new releases.

Michael

> Let's not make life harder for the RMs of security-only branches...
>
> Georg
>
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