[python-committers] changing the python version on the 2.7 branch

[Matthias Klose]

On 04/02/2015 07:38 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 2 April 2015 at 05:05, Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> We'll have the 2.7.10 release in the coming months. This will be the first
>> release with a two digit subminor version number, so please could we prepare for
>> that early?  Feature tests in python are unfortunately way too often based on
>> version comparisons.  Suggesting to push the following patch to the 2.7 branch.
>>
>> The patch also changes PY_RELEASE_LEVEL to "beta" quality.  Currently this is a
>> value which is not touched on the branches.
> 
> I think this is a good idea, but I'd suggest using "2.7.10b0" as the
> interim version string, rather than "2.7.10-".

now checked, using the "2.7.10b0" string.