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[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] TRUNK FREEZE for 2.5a1: 0000 UTC, Thursday 30th

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon Mar 27 22:14:34 CEST 2006 
Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> On 3/27/06, Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote:
>> Ok, it's time to rock and roll.
>>
>>    The SVN trunk is FROZEN for 2.5a1 from 00:00 UTC on
>>    Thursday 30th of March.
>>
>> I'll post again once it's open. Note that new features can keep going
>> in during the alpha cycle, the feature freeze only happens once we
>> hit beta. And we're not going to hit beta until the features we want
>> are in.
>>
>> Please help in making this release as painless as possible by not
>> checking in while the trunk is frozen.
> 
> There's a bug day on Friday.
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonBugDay
> 
> It seems a bit senseless to freeze the trunk the day before the bug
> day.  All the bugs I'm planning to work on are important for the
> alpha.  How much inconvenience will it case to delay the freeze until
> after the bug day?  I'd say we should push the alpha a whole week
> rather than screw up the bug day.

As the one who scheduled the bug day, I second that.

(I really should have read the freeze message more closely, thanks Jeremy)

Georg
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