[python-committers] Tagging 3.4a1 with an unhappy AMD64 Win7 SP1 buildbot?

[Nick Coghlan]

On 3 August 2013 22:43, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
>> On 08/03/2013 02:08 AM, Larry Hastings wrote:
>>
>> Can we, uh, live with that, for alpha 1?
>>
>>
>> Ned pointed out, signal and zipimport worked on the retry.  So it's
>> sporadic, whatever it is.  I think we can live with that.
>>
>
> This is confusing. Why do we need an alpha release in the first place?
> Is it more important to make it on the exact day than to have a more
> functional release? Assuming that 64-bit Windows 7 is the most popular
> (or close to it) Windows out there today, that sounds like an annoying
> flaw.

The test_signal problem was just a conflict between the details of the
test and having faulthandler enabled. Nothing wrong with the signal
handling itself.

> The above is genuine will to understand the release process rather
> than questioning your reasoning :-)

Alpha deadlines are the ones with the *least* excuses for delays. It's
better to expose the 99.9% that is working for broader feedback rather
than holding that side of the process up for a couple of minor flaws.

The trade-offs change as you move closer to a final release, but this
early in the cycle erring on the side of "just ship it" is a good way
to go.

Cheers,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia