[Python-Dev] Py2.5 release schedule

[Michael Hudson]

Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> writes:

> On Friday 28 July 2006 15:32, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>> I suggest that there be a third beta release and that we then wait
>> just a bit before going final.
>>
>> The bugs that were found and fixed in the first two beta releases
>> suggest that Py2.5 is not yet as stable as we would like.  Over the
>> next few days, I'll try to run it on as much third-party code as
>> possible. That would have detected the recently surfaced grammar
>> error a little bit earlier (the one where "for x, in listOfTuples"
>> would not unpack).
>>
>> The release process itself is going well but I don't think the
>> pervasive AST changes have been fully shaken-out yet.
>
> I've been thinking the same thing, too. A quick chat to Neal says that 
> he also agrees.
>
> There's still a lot more bugs popping up than I'm really comfortable 
> with. I guess this is inevitable - there's a lot of new stuff in 2.5. 
>
> Does anyone disagree with making the next release beta3?

It seems like a good idea to me.  I guess this will mean the final
release will be pushed back a bit?

Cheers,
mwh

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