On Apr 10, 5:45 pm, Michael Ströder <mich...@stroeder.com> wrote: > average wrote: > >> On behalf of the Python development team, I'm merry to announce the first > >> beta > >> release of Python 2.7. > > >> Python 2.7 is scheduled (by Guido and Python-dev) to be the last major > >> version > >> in the 2.x series. Though more major releases have not been absolutely > >> ruled > >> out, it's likely that the 2.7 release will an extended period of > >> maintenance for > >> the 2.x series. > > > May I propose that the developers consider keeping this release *beta* > > until after the present Python moratorium? That is, don't let it be > > marked as *official* until after, say, Python 3.3. > > > There are so many features taken from 3.0 that I fear that it will > > postpone its adoption interminably > > Whether 3.x is adopted by developers is IMO not influenced by the 2.7 release > schedule. At least the effect is highly speculative. So please simply release > 2.7 when it's ready.
3.x won't be adopted by developers until it's fixed. As of now, it's seriously broken and unsuitable for production. > > Ciao, Michael. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list