[python-committers] [IMPORTANT] post 3.7.0b1 development now open

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/31/2018 8:04 PM, Ned Deily wrote:

> In the cpython repo, there is now a 3.7 branch. Starting now, all PRs
> destined for 3.7.0 should get cherry-picked from master to the 3.7
> branch or just pushed to 3.7 if only applicable there. New features
> should continue to be pushed to the master branch for release in 3.8;
> no new features are now permitted in 3.7 unless you have contacted me
> and we have agreed on an extension (and all granted extensions will
> expire as of 3.7.0b2). As before, bug fixes appropriate for 3.6.x
> should continue to be cherry-picked to the 3.6 branch.
Should a patch for 3.6 be cherry-picked directly from master or from 
3.7?  Does it matter?  With hg, double forward merges had to be done 
linearly, as from 3.6 to 3.7 and thence from 3.7 to 3.8 (master).