Python 3000

[Tim Peters]

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> according to plans, 1.6 beta 1 will be released in
> about a week.  for more info, see PEP-160:
>
>    http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0160.html

[Martijn Faassen]>
> What a mess. So that was why I didn't watch soap operas. :)
>
> It'd be useful for the community if there were some document out there
> that described what the heck is going on, and why.

That would be useful for me too <0.3 wink>.

> Once all of this becomes a bit more clear for the parties
> involved, that is.
>
> It keeps changing and it makes people worried. At least it makes me
> worried.

What can we do about that?  In the short term it *is* a mess.  While all the
parties are negotiating, everything is subject to change, so if we say
anything we're open to (valid!) "it keeps changing" charges, but if we say
nothing, wild speculation fills the void.  To my mind it compounds the
uncertainties that CNRI says nothing in public.  I think BeOpen PythonLabs
has done everything it *can* do in the way of communicating what's going on,
and if you want more than that then raising your concerns on c.l.py simply
isn't going to help (AFAIK, CNRI doesn't monitor this newsgroup, so won't
hear your concerns).

still-speaking-for-nobody-but-me-ly y'rs  - tim