RELEASED Python 2.4.3, final.

[Terry Reedy]

"John Salerno" <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mJSWf.1860$No6.42010 at news.tufts.edu...
> Why would 2.4.4 come out after the final release of 2.5?

Code patches are generally applied first to the development branch.  Those 
that merely fix bugs usually get backported to the maintenance branch.*

Releasing 2.4.4 after 2.5 has two purposes.  One, as Fredrik said, is to 
catch up on the backlog of backports, which may grow in the final rush to 
get the new version out.  It also gives additional time to test all the 
bugfixes in wider usage than the test suite.

Terry Jan Reedy