[python-committers] [Python-Dev] On track for Python 2.6.4 final this Sunday?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Oct 14 00:10:24 CEST 2009


> I always thought that the idea of a release candidate was that if there
> were any fixes _at all_ that there would be a new rc.  Only when no
> bugs needing fixed are found does the rc turn into the actual release.

This was also my understanding; that's the point of calling it
"candidate". Since the code base of 2.6.4rc1 was not released as-is,
we would need to consider another candidate.

But then, Barry doesn't like release candidates in the first place.

Regards,
Martin




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