Downloading alpha releases; a good idea?

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Jesse W wrote:

> I am a hobby user of Python.
> How unstable are alpha releases?  I now have Python 2.0 and am
> thinking about updating.  Should I go to 2.1(.1, of course), wait for
> 2.2 final, or get 2.2.a2 which is out now?  And if I go with 2.1.1
> should I update to 2.2 final when it comes out?
>
> 	Any comments would be appreciated,
> 		Jesse W

If the new version has features or bugfixes that you want or need, then by all
means upgrade. Otherwise, why bother?

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>