[Python-Dev] Python 3.0.1

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 14:31, "Martin v. Löwis"  
> <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>> My preference is to drop 3.0 entirely (no incompatable bugfix  
>>> release)
>>> and in early February release 3.1 as the real 3.x that migrators  
>>> ought
>>> to aim for and that won't have incompatable bugfix releases.  Then  
>>> at
>>> PyCon, we can have a real bug day and fix-up any chips in the paint.
>>
>> I would fear that than 3.1 gets the same fate as 3.0. In May, we will
>> all think "what piece of junk was that 3.1 release, let's put it to
>> history", and replace it with 3.2. By then, users will wonder if  
>> there
>> is ever a 3.x release that is any good.
>
> That's my fear as well. I have no problem doing a quick 3.0.1 release
> any time between now and the end of February and start with the first
> alpha or beta of 3.1 at PyCon.


+1
Barry

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