RELEASED Python 2.4.3, final.

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Mar 30 10:38:22 EST 2006


John Salerno wrote:

> > Assuming no major bugs pop up, the next release of Python will
> > be Python 2.5 (alpha 1), with a final 2.4.4 release of Python
> > shortly after the final version of Python 2.5.
>
> Why would 2.4.4 come out after the final release of 2.5?

the 2.X.Y releases are bugfix releases, which mainly contain things discovered
and fixed during development of 2.(X+1).  releasing the last 2.X.Y maintenance
release *after* releasing 2.(X+1) final is a good way to make sure that nothing
got left out.

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