RELEASED Python 2.5.2, release candidate 1

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> writes:

> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:
> > I'm not a native speaker, so "to release" means to me what the
> > dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning, "make available to
> > the public". That's what I did - I made the release candidate
> > available to the public.
> 
> That's one meaning of the word, yes. But in the context of a free
> software project with source code *always* available to the public
> when it's announced, that meaning of "release" is an oxymoron.

Sorry, that should read "… that meaning of "release" is a tautology".

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Ben Finney