[Python-Dev] Future of 2.x.

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 09, 2010, at 01:15 AM, Fred Drake wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil at gmail.com> wrote:
>> it would still be a good idea to
>> introduce some of them in minor releases in 2.7. I know, this
>> deviating from the process, but it could be an option considering that
>> 2.7 is the last of 2.x release.
>
>I disagree.
>
>If there are going to be features going into *any* post 2.7.0 version,
>there's no reason not to increment the revision number to 2.8,
>
>Since there's also a well-advertised decision that 2.7 will be the
>last 2.x, such a 2.8 isn't planned.  But there's no reason to violate
>the no-features-in-bugfix-releases policy.  We've seen violations
>cause trouble and confusion, but we've not seen it be successful.
>
>The policy wasn't arbitrary; let's stick to it.

I completely agree with Fred.  New features in point releases will cause many
more headaches than opening up a 2.8, which I still hope we don't do.  I'd
rather see all that pent up energy focussed on doing whatever we can to help
people transition to Python 3.

-Barry
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