[python-committers] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a4

2013-10-20 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm very pleased to announce the fourth and final alpha release of Python 3.4. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings. Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small

Re: [python-committers] [Python-Dev] Python 3.4.0a4: Coming In For A Bumpy Landing

2013-10-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2013/10/20 Ned Deily : > > On Oct 20, 2013, at 15:57 , Benjamin Peterson wrote: > >> 2013/10/20 Larry Hastings : >>> >>> >>> 3.4.0a4 is tagged and I'm in the process of releasing it. But it's going to >>> be, let's say, more "alpha-quality" than the previous alphas. >>> >>> Known problems: >>> >>

Re: [python-committers] [Python-Dev] Python 3.4.0a4: Coming In For A Bumpy Landing

2013-10-20 Thread Ned Deily
On Oct 20, 2013, at 15:57 , Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2013/10/20 Larry Hastings : >> >> >> 3.4.0a4 is tagged and I'm in the process of releasing it. But it's going to >> be, let's say, more "alpha-quality" than the previous alphas. >> >> Known problems: >> >> There's a reference count leak

Re: [python-committers] [Python-Dev] Python 3.4.0a4: Coming In For A Bumpy Landing

2013-10-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2013/10/20 Larry Hastings : > > > 3.4.0a4 is tagged and I'm in the process of releasing it. But it's going to > be, let's say, more "alpha-quality" than the previous alphas. > > Known problems: > > There's a reference count leak in the compiler. This is fixed, so you could just move the tag up a

[python-committers] Python 3.4.0a4: Coming In For A Bumpy Landing

2013-10-20 Thread Larry Hastings
3.4.0a4 is tagged and I'm in the process of releasing it. But it's going to be, let's say, more "alpha-quality" than the previous alphas. Known problems: * There's a reference count leak in the compiler. * asyncio test suite sometimes times out, which takes... an hour. * asyncio test sui