[Python-Dev] Proposed schedule for Python 3.4

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:25:17 +0530
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> wrote:
> > I don't agree.  It's my understanding that the alphas are largely ignored,
> > and having them earlier would hardly make them more relevant.
> 
> I would appreciate it you stopped promoting this myth. Each step in
> the release process widens the pool of people providing feedback.

Well, if you look at the download statistics at
http://www.python.org/webstats/ or even at the bug influx when
publishing an alpha, it seems clear to me that alphas have almost no
impact.

Only rcs seem to gather significant interest from the broader community.

Regards

Antoine.


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