[python-committers] Cutting Python 2.6

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Oct 3, 2008, at 12:34 AM, Anthony Baxter wrote:

> It's happened a couple of times when I've made releases - the process
> I had was to automate it as much as possible, then take the generated
> tarball, unpack it freshly and run the full tests, and then check
> things like the README and all those other places. Making a release is
> still a pretty fiddly process, and things slip through.

Anthony's spot on.  Even with a release script and PEP 101, it's still  
pretty labor intensive.  Of course, Python 2.7 and 3.1 still have no  
official RM <wink> so if you want firsthand experience, the  
opportunity is available.

- -Barry

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