[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] 2.6.1 and 3.0

[Georg Brandl]

Barry Warsaw schrieb:
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Christian Heimes wrote:
> 
>> Barry Warsaw wrote:
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>>> Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0  
>>> final and 2.6.1 at the same time.  Makes sense to me.  That would  
>>> mean that Python 2.6.1 should be ready on 03-Dec (well, if Python  
>>> 3.0 is ready then!).
> 
>> Should we release 2.6.1rc1, too?
> 
> Do we need rc's for point releases?

I think we did them in the past. There probably never was a significant
change between the rc and the final, but Murphy dictates that once you
stop doing the rc, the final will be embarrassingly broken :)

cheers,
Georg