[python-committers] Blocking feature backports

[Steve Holden]

On 12/5/2010 8:49 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>>> Personally, I'd still like to defer beta1 until after the Mercurial
>>> switch (or alternatively, do the final 3.2 release from subversion
>>> as Raymond suggested).
>>
>> What would these proposed delayings / deferments achieve?
> 
> They will prevent the mess from happening that would happen if we switch
> to Mercurial in the middle of release candidates. I expect the initial
> release using Mercurial to just not work, plus I plan to need several
> days to make the release. Doing so under the time pressure of a release
> candidate is not something I look forward to.
> 
+1

Let's not *ask* for trouble.

regards
 Steve
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