[Python-Dev] Marking packaging-related PEPs as Finished after fixing some bugs in them

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/27/2012 6:50 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> 'rc' makes sense to most people while 'c' is generally unheard of.

'rc' following 'a' and 'b' only makes sense to people who are used to it 
and know what it means. 'c' for 'candidate' makes more sense to me both 
a decade ago and now. 'rc' is inconsistent. Why not 'ra' for 'release 
alpha' or 'ar' for 'alpha release'? In other words, all releases are 
releases, so why not be consistent and either always or never include 
'r'? (Never would be better since always is redundant.)

I suspect many non-developer users find 'rc' as surprising as I did.

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Terry Jan Reedy