[Python-Dev] Proposed schedule for Python 3.4

[Brian Curtin]

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> On 10/03/2012 04:55 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
> Regardless of when the first alpha happens, I'll be promoting the hell
> out of it, begging for feedback on any of these changes that are
> available by then (which should be quite a few, given the preceding
> PyCon US sprints).
>
>
> If you can show me people who use the alphas who want them earlier, I'll
> consider it.  So far the only person who's said they want them is you, and
> IIUC you won't be a consumer of the alpha per se.
>
> Begging for feedback doesn't mean you'll get any,

This doesn't answer the question of the users wanting the alphas
earlier, but they're certainly more than largely ignored...

The webstats in April 2012 show 5628 downloads of 3.3a1 and 4946
downloads of 3.3a2 Windows installers.