[python-committers] 3.0rc2 schedule

[Anthony Baxter]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:47 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> I propose that the release of 3.0rc2 is deferred until all release
> blockers have been resolved (either by actually fixing them, or by
> carefully considering that they shouldn't actually block the release).
>
> What else is the point of having the "release blocker" priority, if
> they don't actually manage to block the release?

+10. Absolutely.

> Also, I would like to think that there shouldn't be any
> non-documentation changes between the last release candidate, and
> the final release(*). Otherwise, what's the point of calling it
> a "release candidate" if it doesn't actually get released, later?
> IOW, what's the difference to a beta release?
>
> (*) Consequently, there doesn't need to be much more time between
> the release candidate and the final release except but a few days,
> or, at most, a week.

That's been the policy for the last few releases, as far as I can recall.