On 5/18/2021 3:00 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 4:33 PM <pjfarl...@earthlink.net> wrote:
I am following the "Getting Started" section of the Python Developers Guide,
but when I build the first version to verify everything builds, it builds
branch 3.11.
If I want to build and contribute to branch 3.9, how do I set that up
please?
git checkout 3.9
That should switch you to the branch, replacing all the (tracked)
files in the build directory with the corresponding files from 3.9.
Be aware that most development is going to happen on the master branch
(or the main branch, whichever one you have),
It should be 'main' for any python/??? repository. If one forked and
cloned before the switch, one should rename 'master' to 'main' both
locally and on the fork. Github has directions somewhere. It might
provide them if one attempts a PR against 'master'. There may also be
something in the devguide.
The only time an initial contribution would be for 3.9 would be for a
bug that only exists in 3.9, which is very rare.
and branches like 3.9
are going to get backported patches; so any change you're planning to
contribute to 3.9 is going to need to work correctly on both branches.
It must be 'main' for any python/??? repository. The only time an
initial contribution would be for 3.9 would be for a bug that only
exists in 3.9, which is very rare.
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