[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Betas today - I hope

[Georg Brandl]

M.-A. Lemburg schrieb:
> On 2008-06-11 13:35, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>> So I had planned to do a bunch of work last night looking at the release 
>> blocker issues, but nature intervened.  A bunch of severe thunderstorms 
>> knock out my 'net access until this morning.
>> 
>> I'll try to find some time during the day to look at the RB issues.  
>> Hopefully we can get Guido to look at them too and Pronounce on some of 
>> them.  Guido please start with:
>> 
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue643841
>> 
>> My plan is to begin building the betas tonight, at around 9 or 10pm EDT 
>> (0100 to 0200 UTC Thursday).  If a showstopper comes up before then, 
>> I'll email the list.  If you think we really aren't ready for beta, then 
>> I would still like to get a release out today.  In that case, we'll call 
>> it alpha and delay the betas.
> 
> There are two things I'd like to get in to 3.0:

Another thing that should get in is the PEP 3138 implementation, that is,
the ascii() builtin and repr() changes.

Georg