[Python-checkins] [Python-3000] RELEASED Python 2.6a1 and 3.0a3

[Guido van Rossum]

Thanks so much for getting the releases out!! This is a huge step
forward. I think the release process went really well, all considered.
(If you want my 2 cents, I vote for a command-line version of welease
too.)

Just one nit: There's no mention of the releases on the python.org
front page. I think this is a matter of updating data/newsindex.yml in
the website's svn.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
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>  On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
>  happy to announce the first alpha release of Python 2.6, and the third
>  alpha release of Python 3.0.
>
>  Python 2.6 is not only the next advancement in the Python 2 series, it
>  is also a transitionary release, helping developers begin to prepare
>  their code for Python 3.0.  As such, many features are being
>  backported from Python 3.0 to 2.6.  It makes sense to release both
>  versions in at the same time, the precedence for this having been set
>  with the Python 1.6 and 2.0 releases.
>
>  During the alpha testing cycle we will be releasing both versions in
>  lockstep, on a monthly release cycle.  The releases will happen on the
>  last Friday of every month.  If this schedule works well, we will
>  continue releasing in lockstep during the beta program.  See PEP 361
>  for schedule details:
>
>      http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0361/
>
>  Please note that these are alpha releases, and as such are not
>  suitable for production environments.  We continue to strive for a
>  high degree of quality, but there are still some known problems and
>  the feature sets have not been finalized.  These alphas are being
>  released to solicit feedback and hopefully discover bugs, as well as
>  allowing you to determine how changes in 2.6 and 3.0 might impact
>  you.  If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug
>  report at
>
>      http://bugs.python.org
>
>  For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python
>  2.6 web
>  site:
>
>      http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/
>
>  and the Python 3.0 web site:
>
>      http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/
>
>  We are planning a number of additional alpha releases, with the final
>  release schedule still to be determined.
>
>  Enjoy,
>  - -Barry
>
>  Barry Warsaw
>  barry at python.org
>  Python 2.6/3.0 Release Manager
>  (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
>
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