[Python-Dev] PEP 226

[Martin v. Loewis]

I remember earlier discussion on the Python 2.1 release schedule, and
never managed to comment on those.

I believe that Python contributors and maintainers did an enourmous
job in releasing Python 2, which took quite some time from everybody's
life. I think it is unrealistic to expect the same amount of
commitment for the next release, especially if that release appears
just a few months after the previous release (that is, one month from
now).

So I'd like to ask the release manager to take that into
account. I'm not quite sure what kind of action I expect; possible
alternatives are:
- declare 2.1 a pure bug fix release only; with a minimal set of new
  features. In particular, don't push for completion of PEPs; everybody
  should then accept that most features that are currently discussed
  will appear in Python 2.2.

- move the schedule for Python 2.1 back (or is it forward?) by, say, a
  few month. This will people give some time to do the things that did
  not get the right amount of attention during 2.0 release, and will
  still allow to work on new and interesting features.

Just my 0.02EUR,

Martin