[Python-Dev] Re: [Distutils] ANNOUNCE: Distutils 0.1.2 released

[Barry A. Warsaw]

    >> I wonder if perhaps for those cases (where there's a demand for
    >> stable releases) some other strategy could be used?  Such as
    >> labeling releases "stable" after the fact?  Or what Linus seems
    >> to do with the Linux kernel (even = stable, odd = development;
    >> or was it the other way around?).

I really dislike the odd/even distinction for exactly this reason.

-Barry