[python-committers] Updated schedule for Python 3.4

[Georg Brandl]

Am 17.01.2014 06:34, schrieb Benjamin Peterson:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014, at 06:03 PM, Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote:
>> I never got the impression that this was a matter of funding, Nick.
>> And while I completely understand that core developers enjoy working in 3
>> much more, it was decided to not accept any improvements for a +2.7
>> version even from those that would do so voluntarily.  This could have be
>> done without making any commitment to release a 2.8 at any point.
>> This is why I drew the comparison.  There are barriers put in place to
>> try to achieve a social engineering result.
> 
> It's not a matter of simply accepting any improvements for 2.7 even from
> volunteers. If 2.8 happened, among other things people would have to
> - make releases (building installers, etc)
> - review new features
> - triage bugs
> - fix bugs in new features
> - maintain yet another branch
> 
> It would surely add overhead for everyone.

Especially since "accept improvements" means making sure the end product is
of the same quality as 2.7 was.

Georg