[Python-Dev] Timing for Py2.4

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Martin v. Löwis]
> > I must accept (and will actively support) a schedule that the
release
> > manager has set. While I don't quite remember it been actually
> > mentioned, I  somehow got the impression that Anthony's personal
> > schedule (as well as the upcoming release of 2.3.4) have contributed
to
> > initiating a 2.4 release a few months later than May.

[Anthony Baxter]
> As Martin said - I plan a 2.3.4 release for May. There's a couple of
> crashing bugs that Zope3 found back at the start of the year that have
> been fixed, and I've not seen any new ones crop up since then, so I'm
> happy that I'm not going to be cutting a release-of-the-month because
> Zope3 found Yet Another Weird Weakref Interaction (YAWWI).
> 
> But, at the end of the day, if anyone else _really_ _really_ wants to
> do the release earlier, and is willing and able to do it, I'm more
than
> happy to let them do it.

If I volunteer to do the release, would there be any objections to
targeting late May or early June for the first alpha?


Raymond Hettinger