[Python-Dev] Python 2.6.3rc1 available

[Benjamin Peterson]

2009/9/30 Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>:
> Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
>
>> The first (and hopefully last) release candidate for Python 2.6.3 is
>> now available
> […]
>
> Thank you for this announcement, and the efforts that go into making
> this work available.
>
> *Especially* thank you for avoiding the oxymoronic “Released: 2.6.3
> release candidate” or similar. I hope this signifies a trend toward
> using the more accurate term “available” for announcing availability of
> anything that's not an actual release.

Alphas, betas, and release candidates are all releases, too.



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Regards,
Benjamin