[Python-Dev] Python 2.3 release schedule

[Guido van Rossum]

> Are you still pondering the inclusion of tar/bz2 support?

That's a library issue; I'm all for adding it if the code is robust
enough, but ot for holding up a release for it.

> Lars (tarfile's author) asked for some time to finish tarfile
> development and write a PEP about tarfile inclusion. Now that my
> vacation is over, I must get back to him and check what's going on.

Please do!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)