[Python-Dev] 3.3 release plans

[Eric V. Smith]

On 06/24/2012 08:32 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:
>> On 6/24/2012 11:44 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote:
>>> On 6/24/2012 11:27 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>>>> What's your timeframe for bug fixes today? I'd very much like to fix
>>>>> http://bugs.python.org/issue15039, but it will probably take me another
>>>>> 2 hours or so.
>>>>
>>>> If it's a bugfix, it's not blocked by the feature freeze at all: you
>>>> can commit after beta (but you might want the bugfix to be in the beta).
>>>
>>> Indeed, that's what I'm after: the fix in the beta. I'll do my best to
>>> get it in, but obviously it's not a blocker.
>>
>> And, no surprise: it's harder to fix than I thought. It won't make it in
>> to the beta.
> 
> FWIW, the way I'll often handle that kind of change is to temporarily
> set it to "release-blocker" (so the RM will at least look at it before
> deciding whether or not to proceed with the release), and then drop it
> down to "deferred blocker" if I decide it's not going to be ready, but
> want to commit to getting it fixed before the *next* release.

Thanks. I was going to make it a deferred blocker, but I managed to come
up with a fix in time (I hope!).

Eric.