[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope-Coders] DateTime screwup on 2.6 branch and HEAD

Toby Dickenson tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:11:09 +0100


On Monday 21 Oct 2002 2:35 pm, Casey Duncan wrote:
> I don't think this warrants a hotfix, they are really only for dire
> security bugs affecting multiple Zope versions. for example, even a bug
> security hole affecting Zope 2.6.0 (but no other Zope versions) wouldn'=
t
> warrant a hotfix.
>
> I would post a patch here and to the collector.
>
> If it seriously affects many users then they can raise their voice so t=
hat
> 2.6.1 gets done quicker.

=46rom the description below, it sounds like we need this asap.

> > DateTime.rfc822() will not work if you don't have daylight saving, an=
d
> > DateTime.rfc822() is called when you send mails with MailHost. This
> > applies to 2.6.0 only.


We need to think about a serious overhaul of the release procedure before=
 next=20
time round....