[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Proposed Python 3.0 schedule

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Oct 7, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> So, we need to come up with a new release schedule for Python 3.0.   
>> My
>> suggestion:
>>
>> 15-Oct-2008 3.0 beta 4
>> 05-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 2
>> 19-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 3
>> 03-Dec-2008 3.0 final
>>
>> Given what still needs to be done, is this a reasonable schedule?   
>> Do we
>> need two more betas?
>
> I know I'm contradicting what I said earlier, but perhaps we should
> just forget going back to beta and stick to ever-more-perfect release
> candidates? In other worlds release candidates often contain tons of
> imperfections (I believe I've seen this both for Java and Windows) and
> the label "release candidate" more clearly encourages people to
> download and play with it, which is what we need at this point! Then
> the schedule would be something like
>
>  15-Oct-2008 3.0 rc 2
>  05-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 3
>  19-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 4
>  03-Dec-2008 3.0 final

I'm okay with that too.  It does seem odd to go back to beta then  
release another rc.  What's in a name, anyway? <wink>.  And it is good  
that more people are downloading it now that it's rc.

- -Barry

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