[Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 2.7.2 release candidate 1

[Jack Diederich]

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2.7.2 is the second in bugfix release for the Python 2.7 series. 2.7 is the last
> major verison of the 2.x line and will be receiving bug fixes while new feature
> development focuses on 3.x.
>
> 2.7 includes many features that were first released in Python 3.1.

It might not be clear to a casual reader that the features were
released in 2.7.0 and not 2.7.2.  We don't, but many projects do
release new features with bugfix version numbers - I'm looking at you,
Django.

-Jack