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[python-committers] [Python-Dev] 3.7.2rc1 and 3.6.8rc1 cutoffs ahead, last 3.6.x bugfix release!

Serhiy Storchaka storchaka at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 09:43:42 EST 2018 
19.12.18 16:01, Victor Stinner пише:
> RHEL 7 is based on Python 2.7.5 which has been released in 2013 (5
> years ago) and there are 150 patches on top of it: it means that
> around 30 patches are added per year.

Unlikely the patch rate was constant. I suppose that more patches were 
created at earlier years. Additional time for fixing bugs in mainstream 
can decrease the number of necessary patches after the end of the 
official support.

> I would suggest to have a very
> strict policy on which changes are backported into 3.6: only the most
> critical bugfixes, but all security fixes obviously.

I think it is better to allow backporting all changes which will be 
backported to 3.7 (but not require this). At this stage we should not 
make risky changes in 3.7.

> If we extend Python 3.6 lifetime, do we need a new release manager
> when the initial lifetime (usually 5 years) ends?

It would be hard to maintain 3.6 after EOL for 3.7. So I suggest to just 
the same EOL for 3.6 and 3.7 (i.e. add 1.5 years for 3.6 lifetime). 
Fortunately Ned is the release manager of both 3.6 and 3.7.
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