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PEP: 226
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Title: Python 2.1 Release Schedule
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
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Status: Final
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Type: Informational
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Topic: Release
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created: 16-Oct-2000
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Python-Version: 2.1
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Post-History:
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Abstract
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This document describes the post Python 2.0 development and
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release schedule. According to this schedule, Python 2.1 will be
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released in April of 2001. The schedule primarily concerns
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itself with PEP-size items. Small bug fixes and changes will
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occur up until the first beta release.
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Release Schedule
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================
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Tentative future release dates
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[bugfix release dates go here]
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Past release dates:
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- 17-Apr-2001: 2.1 final release
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- 15-Apr-2001: 2.1 release candidate 2
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- 13-Apr-2001: 2.1 release candidate 1
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- 23-Mar-2001: Python 2.1 beta 2 release
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- 02-Mar-2001: First 2.1 beta release
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- 02-Feb-2001: Python 2.1 alpha 2 release
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- 22-Jan-2001: Python 2.1 alpha 1 release
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- 16-Oct-2000: Python 2.0 final release
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Open issues for Python 2.0 beta 2
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=================================
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Add a default unit testing framework to the standard library.
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Guidelines for making changes for Python 2.1
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============================================
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The guidelines and schedule will be revised based on discussion in
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the python-dev@python.org mailing list.
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The PEP system was instituted late in the Python 2.0 development
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cycle and many changes did not follow the process described in :pep:`1`.
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The development process for 2.1, however, will follow the PEP
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process as documented.
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The first eight weeks following 2.0 final will be the design and
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review phase. By the end of this period, any PEP that is proposed
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for 2.1 should be ready for review. This means that the PEP is
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written and discussion has occurred on the python-dev@python.org
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and python-list@python.org mailing lists.
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The next six weeks will be spent reviewing the PEPs and
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implementing and testing the accepted PEPs. When this period
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stops, we will end consideration of any incomplete PEPs. Near the
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end of this period, there will be a feature freeze where any small
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features not worthy of a PEP will not be accepted.
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Before the final release, we will have six weeks of beta testing
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and a release candidate or two.
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General guidelines for submitting patches and making changes
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============================================================
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Use good sense when committing changes. You should know what we
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mean by good sense or we wouldn't have given you commit privileges
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<0.5 wink>. Some specific examples of good sense include:
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- Do whatever the dictator tells you.
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- Discuss any controversial changes on python-dev first. If you
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get a lot of +1 votes and no -1 votes, make the change. If you
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get a some -1 votes, think twice; consider asking Guido what he
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thinks.
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- If the change is to code you contributed, it probably makes
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sense for you to fix it.
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- If the change affects code someone else wrote, it probably makes
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sense to ask him or her first.
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- You can use the SourceForge (SF) Patch Manager to submit a patch
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and assign it to someone for review.
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Any significant new feature must be described in a PEP and
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approved before it is checked in.
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Any significant code addition, such as a new module or large
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patch, must include test cases for the regression test and
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documentation. A patch should not be checked in until the tests
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and documentation are ready.
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If you fix a bug, you should write a test case that would have
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caught the bug.
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If you commit a patch from the SF Patch Manager or fix a bug from
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the Jitterbug database, be sure to reference the patch/bug number
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in the CVS log message. Also be sure to change the status in the
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patch manager or bug database (if you have access to the bug
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database).
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It is not acceptable for any checked in code to cause the
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regression test to fail. If a checkin causes a failure, it must
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be fixed within 24 hours or it will be backed out.
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All contributed C code must be ANSI C. If possible check it with
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two different compilers, e.g. gcc and MSVC.
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All contributed Python code must follow Guido's Python style
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guide. http://www.python.org/doc/essays/styleguide.html
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It is understood that any code contributed will be released under
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an Open Source license. Do not contribute code if it can't be
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released this way.
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