Re: [Release] Python 3.11.0b4 is still blocked

Petr Viktorin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 04. 07. 22 19:03, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> On 04. 07. 22 18:53, Pablo Galindo Salgado wrote:
>> Hi Miro,
>>
>>  >> Are all release blockers automatically blocking the next beta?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>  >> Or does it mean this should not be released in final (and hence 
>> neither rc)
>> versions?
>>
>> Release blockers block also beta releases (if the RM decides so).
>>
>>  >> Would it make sense to release 3.11.0b4 with some not-yet-fixed
>> blockers?
>>
>> No, the reason is that fixes can introduce more regressions and those 
>> need to be fixed. If these fixes
>> are pretty big we would be risking big changes in the RC phase, which 
>> we want to avoid. The idea is that
>> the fixes to critical problems reported on beta x can be tested on 
>> beta x+1.
>>
>> At the end of the day, this is all subjected to the judgement of the 
>> release manager, and given how many
>> release blockers we have been getting and how many of these have been 
>> reported past week *after* several
>> attempts to release the next beta, I have decided to wait.
> 
> Thanks. Understood.
> 
>> Additionally, I am considering pushing the full release some months in 
>> the future to allow for more betas, given
>> how unstable 3.11 is currently.
> 
> Some months sounds pretty big to me. Once the current beta is released, 
> I'd be great to see some updated release schedule. We have just updated 
> the main Python version Fedora 37 to 3.11 and we have some deadlines I'd 
> like not to miss.
> 
> https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-37/f-37-key-tasks.html
> 2022-08-23 - Fedora 37 Beta Freeze
> 2022-10-04 - Fedora 37 Final Freeze
> 
> It would be really great to get something ABI stable at Beta Freeze and 
> at least an RC at the Final Freeze. If that is not realistic, we would 
> need to consider a revert.

Worse than a one-time revert. With the current schedule, the  projects' 
testing phases overlap so Fedora can test rebuilding all its Python 
software with Python's alphas/betas. If the schedule is adjusted or made 
unreliable, Fedora might need to add a six-month delay and rebuild with 
final releases -- and find bugs much later.
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