[python-committers] Reminder: Python 3.4 alpha 1 release is Saturday August 3

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le vendredi 02 août 2013 à 13:25 -0700, Larry Hastings a écrit :
> From PEP 101, "Doing Python Releases 101": 
> > IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU AT LEAST TAG THE TREE 24 HOURS
> > BEFORE A FINAL RELEASE.  This will give the Experts enough time to
> > do their bits before the announcement goes out.
> The schedule calls for the Alpha 1 release tomorrow.  Ergo, tag today.
> 
> Should I add "expected tag dates" to the schedule?

No need to IMO, but you mention it when sending your reminder message.
(most core developers certainly spare themselves the hassle of reading
PEP 101 - or, once they've read it, they forget it as quickly as
possible :-))

> But speaking of adjusting the schedule, I'm also considering changing
> bumping all the remaining release dates forward by a day.

"Forward" means what? Earlier or later?
(intuitively, I'd say "earlier", but that doesn't seem very consistent
with your explanations)

Regards

Antoine.