[python-committers] Status of the Derby, and request for another slip

[Guido van Rossum]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2014, at 01:59 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>
> >This actually sounds like a real and interesting reason to have stable
> >Python 3.4 out in march. Ubuntu 14.04 is a LTS, which makes it an
> important
> >version for corporate distributions.
>
> Ubuntu 14.04 feature freeze is Feb 20, with beta 1 coming on Feb 27, so I
> think we have to make a hard decision about whether Python 3.4 will be the
> default before then (actually, Matthias and I will discuss it this week).
>
> If we go with 3.4 as default, then 14.04 final beta is March 27th.  Python
> 3.4's final release is currently schedule for March 16, but that doesn't
> include the proposed additional beta.  Pushing everything back a week means
> the schedule is quite tight, so we may have to plan on doing an SRU (stable
> release upgrade) to the final Python 3.4.  That's not ideal though because
> it
> means a lot of users may not get it (if they don't upgrade), and most
> probably
> won't see it until 14.04.1 is released some time later.
>
> The closer Python 3.4 can stick to the March 16th release, the better.
>

Yes. That's the whole point of time-based releases. Please stick to the
plan. We've already slipped once. Perfection is not required.

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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