On Apr 10, 7:15�pm, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Mensanator <mensana...@aol.com> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 5:45�pm, Michael Str�der <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. > > In what ways do you consider it broken?
Issue 8093. Remarkably, this apparently hasn't been noticed before. I expect 2.7 will be around for a long time. > > Cheers, > Chris- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list