Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-11 Thread Terry Reedy
Steven D'Aprano wrote: I've always hated the term "release candidate". It's been released, it is a release. A release candidate is something which may be released, but hasn't yet been chosen. I agree. They are candidates for the final release. Suffix .c1, etc, instead of .rc1 would be suff

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:19:33 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: >> 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. > > Which is entirely different from the “release” implicit

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-08 Thread Benjamin
On Oct 8, 12:42 am, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Is there some policy document or release management guide that could > > > be updated for release teams to follow on this without needing to have > > > this discussion every time? > > >

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-08 Thread Ben Finney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ben> Is there an appropriate email destination for such patches? > > You might try [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. -- \ “I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. They had little | `\ pictures of cats on them. Then I took one out and he ran around | _

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-08 Thread skip
Ben> Is there an appropriate email destination for such patches? You might try [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-07 Thread Ben Finney
"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is there some policy document or release management guide that could > > be updated for release teams to follow on this without needing to have > > this discussion every time? > > It's in PEP 101. Thank you. > If it matters to you, please submit

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Is there some policy document or release management guide that could > be updated for release teams to follow on this without needing to have > this discussion every time? It's in PEP 101. If it matters to you, please submit a patch to that document (which is in subversion) to bugs.python.org. I

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-07 Thread Ben Finney
Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > 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”.

Re: Python pre-release announcements

2008-10-07 Thread Terry Reedy
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

Python pre-release announcements (was: Python 2.5.3: call for patches)

2008-10-07 Thread Ben Finney
"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 versi