text_combined: mark dickinson vqpxmqtcgmailcom sun mar 30 2008 616 pm martin v löwis wrote easy way burden trunk py3k merging could moved original committers trunk patches im sure understand question committer original patch would merge certainly burden would thats easy way yes thats meant make committers job merge block appropriate wasnt sure reason would difficult undesirable im suggesting enforced mechanically otherwise might worth considering instituting policy encourage individual committers take responsibility forward porting commits mark wed 06 aug 2008 232844 0400 pythondev time svn merge