[Python-checkins] r76819 - python/trunk/Doc/faq/general.rst

[benjamin.peterson]

Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Sun Dec 13 22:15:31 2009
New Revision: 76819

Log:
avoid having to update this statement all the time

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/faq/general.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/faq/general.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/faq/general.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/faq/general.rst	Sun Dec 13 22:15:31 2009
@@ -309,13 +309,12 @@
 guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix
 releases.
 
-.. XXX this gets out of date pretty often
-
-The `2.6.4 release <http://python.org/download/>`_ is recommended
-production-ready version at this point in time.  Python 3.1 is also considered
-production-ready, but may be less useful, since currently there is more third
-party software available for Python 2 than for Python 3.  Python 2 code will
-generally not run unchanged in Python 3.
+The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page
+<http://python.org/download/>`_.  They are recommended production-ready version
+at this point in time.  At the moment, there are two branches of stable
+releases: 2.x and 3.x.  Python 3.x may be less useful than 2.x, since currently
+there is more third party software available for Python 2 than for Python 3.
+Python 2 code will generally not run unchanged in Python 3.
 
 
 How many people are using Python?