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

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Apr 1 14:49:10 CEST 2011


On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:37:42 +0100
Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> > 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)?

Well, I think the tradeoff is simply: do you want to do more work?
(or, given the same amount of work, do you think allocating your
workforce to backporting doc fixes is worthwhile?)

I'm sure that if enough people want to do such backports, it can happen.

Regards

Antoine.




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