Python 2.4.4 vs. 2.3.6

[Anthony Baxter]

On 27 Dec 2006 18:02:50 -0800, sndive at gmail.com <sndive at gmail.com> wrote:
> My top priority is stability of the interpreter. With that in mind
> which version should I get: 2.4.4, 2.3.6
> or something else.
>
> I will be using gcc 2.3.2(x86), 3.3(arm) and 3.4.3(arm) to cross
> compile it depending on the (embedded) platform.

I'd recommend 2.4.4 over 2.3.6. 2.4 hasn't got much in the way of
major likely-to-cause-bugs changes over 2.3, and it's had a heck of a
lot more time to have bugs fixed. Once 2.4(.0) came out, work on the
2.3 maintenance series effectively stopped in favour of working on the
2.4 series. There's been a lot of bugs fixed since then that weren't
applied back to 2.3. See the 2.4.4 release notes, available at the
2.4.4 webpage, for more.

Anthony