June 18, 2010
10:31 p.m.
Michael Foord:
Python 3.0 was *declared* to be an experimental release, and by most standards 3.1 (in terms of the core language and functionality) was a solid release.
That looks to me like an after-the-event rationalization. The release note for Python 3.0 (and the "What's new") gives no indication that it is experimental but does say """ We are confident that Python 3.0 is of the same high quality as our previous releases ... you can safely choose either version (or both) to use in your projects. """ http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-December/083824.html Neil