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barry at python

Sep 30, 2009, 5:37 AM

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Python 2.6.3rc1 available

The first (and hopefully last) release candidate for Python 2.6.3 is
now available via

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.3/

Source releases and Windows binaries are currently available, and Mac
OS X binaries should be forthcoming.

Nearly 100 bugs have been fixed since 2.6.2. Barring any unforeseen
problems, we will make the final 2.6.3 release this Friday, October
2nd. Please give this release candidate a spin and let us know if you
encounter any show stopping problems.

Enjoy,
-Barry

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ben+python at benfinney

Sep 30, 2009, 3:18 PM

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Re: Python 2.6.3rc1 available [In reply to]

Barry Warsaw <barry [at] python> writes:

> The first (and hopefully last) release candidate for Python 2.6.3 is
> now available
[…]

Thank you for this announcement, and the efforts that go into making
this work available.

*Especially* thank you for avoiding the oxymoronic “Released: 2.6.3
release candidate” or similar. I hope this signifies a trend toward
using the more accurate term “available” for announcing availability of
anything that's not an actual release.

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Ben Finney

benjamin at python

Sep 30, 2009, 3:21 PM

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Re: Python 2.6.3rc1 available [In reply to]

2009/9/30 Ben Finney <ben+python [at] benfinney>:
> Barry Warsaw <barry [at] python> writes:
>
>> The first (and hopefully last) release candidate for Python 2.6.3 is
>> now available
> […]
>
> Thank you for this announcement, and the efforts that go into making
> this work available.
>
> *Especially* thank you for avoiding the oxymoronic “Released: 2.6.3
> release candidate” or similar. I hope this signifies a trend toward
> using the more accurate term “available” for announcing availability of
> anything that's not an actual release.

Alphas, betas, and release candidates are all releases, too.

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Benjamin
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ncoghlan at gmail

Oct 4, 2009, 1:25 AM

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Re: Python 2.6.3rc1 available [In reply to]

Benjamin Peterson wrote:
> 2009/9/30 Ben Finney <ben+python [at] benfinney>:
>> Barry Warsaw <barry [at] python> writes:
>>
>>> The first (and hopefully last) release candidate for Python 2.6.3 is
>>> now available
>> […]
>>
>> Thank you for this announcement, and the efforts that go into making
>> this work available.
>>
>> *Especially* thank you for avoiding the oxymoronic “Released: 2.6.3
>> release candidate” or similar. I hope this signifies a trend toward
>> using the more accurate term “available” for announcing availability of
>> anything that's not an actual release.
>
> Alphas, betas, and release candidates are all releases, too.

Not really - they're just key builds that are made available in the lead
up to the actual release.

Using "<whatever> is available" for the pre-release builds and then
"RELEASED: <whatever>" for the actual release as Barry did this time
around makes a great deal of sense to me.

Cheers,
Nick.

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