Re: [Jython-dev] 2.7.2 for the New Year?

[Jim B. <jim...@py...>]

Yes! This really needs to be done. There have been some important bugs
fixed since 2.7.1, per
https://github.com/jythontools/jython/blob/master/NEWS#L6

Also agreed with 1) avoiding getting sidetracked during beta, because
that's been very expensive in terms of schedule; 2) focusing more on docs,
and especially making that sustainable/automated via github PRs and
publishing via read the docs.

The reality is that 2.7.2 is not a big release compared to what was in
2.7.1, so hopefully it's going to be also a smooth process.

Thanks for bringing this up. It's been in the back of my mind that we need
to do this. Focusing on the calendar like this gives us a good and
reasonable goal.

- Jim

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jeff Allen <ja...@fa...> wrote:

> All:
>
> How about it? This seems like a reasonable interval since 2.7.1.
>
> Frank/Jim: would you care to set a goal? What else ought we to have in
> that release?
>
> I think we should mean by the answer, what we'd like to see in 2.7.2b1.
> Then we only take on fixes during beta we didn't foresee or can't avoid.
> That way, we hopefully don't stay in beta very long. I'm extrapolating a
> bit from https://github.com/jython/devguide/blob/jython/devcycle.rst#
> stages (cloned from CPython) but it seems a good discipline to prevent
> late de-stabilising change.
>
> Is it perhaps as important to create a revised web site to back the
> release? (We have talked about a site we can all contribute to via GitHub.)
>
> Also, I've been meaning to ask, the current dev tip should identify as
> "2.7.1+" (not plain "2.7.1") shouldn't it? And 2.7.2a1 then 2.7.2a1+ as
> soon as we decide we're having a 2.7.2? I think I see how this works in
> build.xml.
>
> Jeff
>
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