Ben Finney wrote:
"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Within a few weeks, we will release Python 2.5.3.
I'm glad to see this. Thank you to all involved in the ongoing work of
coordinating Python releases.
Can I request, in the interest of reducing confusion, that any
announcements of pre-release versions of 2.5.3 (or any other Python
release) be announced *without* saying “RELEASED: A not-really-release
version of Python”.
It's very confusing to see a progression of announcements with subject
fields like:
RELEASED: Python 2.8.not-ready-yet
RELEASED: Python 2.8.alpha-1
RELEASED: Python 2.8.beta-1
RELEASED: Python 2.8.beta-2
RELEASED: Python 2.8 release candidate 1
RELEASED: Python 2.8 release candidate 2
RELEASED: Python 2.8 final
I disagree. These say exactly what has happened and tell me what I want
to know, which is that something new has been released, which is to say,
made available for download.
[ANN] Python 2.8.not-ready-yet
[ANN] Python 2.8.alpha-1
[ANN] Python 2.8.beta-1
[ANN] Python 2.8.beta-2
[ANN] Python 2.8 release candidate 1
[ANN] Python 2.8 release candidate 2
[ANN] Python 2.8 final
That, to me at least, communicates what's actually happening far
better and leads to less confusion about what the state of release is.
I disagree. [ANN] could mean anything: planned? canceled? needs help?
("Oh, 'released', why didn't you say so?") It says nothing about what
is happening or the state of a 'distribution' but merely states a topic.
Martin's post announced Python 2.5.3 as the topic, but then went on to
request a specific type of help. I presume you would not be happy
either with "[ANN] Python x.y.whatever released".
If you want RELEASED replaced, suggest something short and not too ugly
that communicates "posted at python.org and available to be downloaded,
installed, tested, and used" at least as well. (I am currently using
3.rc1; the remaining problems do not currently affect me and I accept
the risk, which I view as small, that further changes will affect code I
write now.)
tjr
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