[Tutor] Python 2.3.5 out in January??

[Liam Clarke]

Sometimes I suspect XP is the latest 3.11 beta. ;)


On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 01:41:05 -0800, Dick Moores <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote:
> Just saw this on comp.lang.python.announce.
> <http://tinyurl.com/5egud>
> 
> I don't understand this. Why is a new version of 2.3 being worked on
> after 2.4 has been released?
> 
> I see Tim Peters has said this on python-list:
> ===========begin Tim Peters' post===========
> [Brett C]
>  >> Anthony Baxter, our ever-diligent release manager, mentioned this
> past week
>  >> that Python 2.3.5 will most likely come to fruition some time in January
>  >> (this is not guaranteed date).
> 
> [Roy Smith]
>  > Interesting.  Does that mean that 2.3 and 2.4 will be maintained in
>  > parallel for a while?  That would be awesome.
> 
> They'll be maintained in parallel through 2.3.5 in January, which is
> all Brett said.  If history is a guide, after 2.3.5 nobody will
> volunteer to work on a 2.3.6, and 2.3.5 will be the last release in
> the 2.3 line.  It's *possible* that volunteers for 2.3.6 will appear.
> That would be unprecedented, but not impossible ...
> ============end TP's post================
> 
> I ask here because I'm sure it's a newbie question. It's got me wondering
> if Microsoft is still working on Windows 3.1..  ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dick Moores
> rdm at rcblue.com
> 
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