[Python-Dev] Python 3.0.1

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Jan 28 01:45:22 CET 2009


Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> 
>> If something gets left in 3.0.1 and then ripped-out in 3.1, I think we're
>> doing more harm than good.  Very little code has been ported to 3.0
>> so far.  One there is a base, all changes become more difficult.
> 
>> In the interests of our users, I vote for sooner than later.
> 
>> Also, 3.0 is a special case because it is IMO a broken release.
>> AFAICT, it is not in any distro yet.  Hopefully, no one will keep it
>> around
>> and it will vanish silently.
> 
> I stand by my opinion about the right way to do this.  I also think that
> a 3.1 release 6 months after 3.0 is perfectly fine and serves our users
> just as well.
> 
+1

regards
 Steve
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