[Python-Dev] Python 3.0.1

[Steve Holden]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Michael Foord wrote:
>> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
>>> Why don't we just mark 3.0.x as experimental branch and keep updating/
>>> fixing things that were not sorted out for the 3.0.0 release ?! I think
>>> that's a fair approach, given that the only way to get field testing
>>> for new open-source software is to release early and often.
>>>
>>> A 3.1 release should then be the first stable release of the 3.x series
>>> and mark the start of the usual deprecation mechanisms we have
>>> in the 2.x series. Needless to say, that rushing 3.1 out now would
>>> only cause yet another experimental release... major releases do take
>>> time to stabilize.
>>>
>>>   
>> +1
>>
>> I don't think we do users any favours by being cautious in removing /
>> fixing things in the 3.0 releases.
> 
> I have two main reactions to 3.0.
> 
> 1. It is great for my purpose -- coding algorithms.
>   The cleaner object and text models are a mental relief for me.
>   So it was a service to me to release it.
>   I look forward to it becoming standard Python and have made my small
> contribution by helping clean up the 3.0 version of the docs.
> 
> 2. It is something of a trial run that it should be fixed as soon as
> possible.  I seem to remember sometning from Shakespear(?) "If it twer
> done, tis best it twer done quickly".
> 
> Guido said something over a year ago to the effect that he did not
> expect 3.0 to be used as a production release, so I do not think it
> should to treated as one.  Label it developmental and people will not
> try to keep in use for years and years in the way that, say, 2.4 still is.
> 
It might also be a good idea to take the download link off the front
page of python.org: until that happens newbies are going to keep coming
along and downloading it "because it's the newest".

regards
 Steve
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