[python-committers] Last-minute request: please backport bpo-33329 fix to 3.4 and 3.5

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hi Larry,

Le 02/03/2019 à 07:05, Larry Hastings a écrit :
> 
> This bug in bpo-33329:
> 
>     https://bugs.python.org/issue33329
> 
> was fixed for 3.6+, but it also affects 3.4 and 3.5.  The bug is that
> with newer versions of glibc--which I'm pretty sure has shipped on all
> major Linux distros by now--the test suite may send signals that are
> invalid somehow.  As a result the test suite... blocks forever?  I
> think?  Anyway the observed resulting behavior is that there are three
> regression tests in each branch that seemingly never complete.  I
> started the 3.4 regression test suite /nine hours ago/ and it still
> claims to be running--and the 3.5 test suite isn't far behind. 
> Technically, no, it's not a security bug.  But I simply can't ship 3.4
> and 3.5 in this sorry state.
> 
> Obviously it'd be best if the folks involved with the original PRs
> (Antoine?) took over.

Well, I don't know how to backport a PR to 3.4 or 3.5.  I can only say
that backporting sounds fine to me (also: I don't really have the time
right now, and I'll be away the next two weeks).

Regards

Antoine.