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RELEASED Python 2.5.2, release candidate 1

Martin v. Loewis

2/14/2008 9:28:00 PM

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).

This is the second bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in
bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the
release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since
Python 2.5.1, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter,
and improving its portability.

For more information on Python 2.5.2, including download links for
various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see:

http://www.python....

Highlights of this new release include:

Bug fixes. According to the release notes, at least 100 have been fixed.

Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.5) are available
from the Python 2.5 page, at

http://www.python.org/2.5/highl...

Enjoy this release,
Martin

Martin v. Loewis
martin@v.loewis.de
Python Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
17 Answers

hcs

2/14/2008 10:14:00 PM

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The Mac binary is giving a 404. When/if it's supposed to work, will it
upgrade the Leopard standard framework install, or will we need to
mess around with the PATH?

Martin v. Loewis

2/14/2008 10:33:00 PM

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> The Mac binary is giving a 404.

Thanks for pointing that out - it's fixed now.

Regards,
Martin

Ben Finney

2/14/2008 10:42:00 PM

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"Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:

> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).

Um. If it's only a release *candidate* of 2.5.2, and not yet a
*release* of 2.5.2, could you please announce it as something other
than a "release"?

It should either be announced as "the release of Python 2.5.2", if
that's the case; or "the availability of the Python 2.5.2 release
candidate 1".

--
\ â??That's all very good in practice, but how does it work in |
`\ *theory*?â? â??anonymous |
_o__) |
Ben Finney

Martin v. Loewis

2/14/2008 11:17:00 PM

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>> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
>> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).
>
> Um. If it's only a release *candidate* of 2.5.2, and not yet a
> *release* of 2.5.2, could you please announce it as something other
> than a "release"?
>
> It should either be announced as "the release of Python 2.5.2", if
> that's the case; or "the availability of the Python 2.5.2 release
> candidate 1".

Please accept my apologies. I'm not a native speaker, so "to release"
means to me what the dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning,
"make available to the public". That's what I did - I made the release
candidate available to the public.

So is the subject incorrect as well? If so, what should it say?

Regards,
Martin

Kevin Walzer

2/14/2008 11:24:00 PM

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Ben Finney wrote:
> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
>
>> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
>> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).
>
> Um. If it's only a release *candidate* of 2.5.2, and not yet a
> *release* of 2.5.2, could you please announce it as something other
> than a "release"?
>
> It should either be announced as "the release of Python 2.5.2", if
> that's the case; or "the availability of the Python 2.5.2 release
> candidate 1".
>

This is splitting hairs. The subject clearly said "release candidate 1."
That means it's not the final candidate.

--
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codeb...

Paul Rubin

2/14/2008 11:29:00 PM

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"Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
> >> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).

> So is the subject incorrect as well? If so, what should it say?

Neither place is technically incorrect, but both are written in a way
that could give a slightly wrong impression.

It might be a little bit clearer to refer to the package as something
like Python 2.5.2-RC1, so you'd say "happy to announce the release of
Python 2.5.2-RC1" and similarly on the subject line; and in the
announcement text, say more clearly that what was just released is not
the final, official, Python 2.5.2 distribution; it's more like a late
beta test.

I thought the original announcement text was fine, but that may be
because I'm accustomed to the Python release cycle including the RC
releases.

Ben Finney

2/15/2008 12:08:00 AM

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"Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:

> Please accept my apologies.

Thanks, but not needed. I'm merely trying to address the confusing
terminology in this announcement and future ones.

> I'm not a native speaker, so "to release" means to me what the
> dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning, "make available to
> the public". That's what I did - I made the release candidate
> available to the public.

That's one meaning of the word, yes. But in the context of a free
software project with source code *always* available to the public
when it's announced, that meaning of "release" is an oxymoron.

A "release" is better understood in free software as exactly what the
"release candidate" is a candidate of: i.e. that it's always in some
form *available*, but it's not *released* until it's officially
blessed as "ready" in some way.

> So is the subject incorrect as well? If so, what should it say?

It would be better if it didn't say "released" at all, since (as
discussed above) this isn't "released" except in the trivial
always-true sense that it is available.

Rather, it might just say "[ANN] Python 2.5.2, release candidate 1".

--
\ â??Imagine a world without hypothetical situations.â? â??anonymous |
`\ |
_o__) |
Ben Finney

Ben Finney

2/15/2008 12:11:00 AM

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Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.i... writes:

> I thought the original announcement text was fine, but that may be
> because I'm accustomed to the Python release cycle including the RC
> releases.

I think it's needlessly confusing to refer to a "release candidate
release"; that's almost an oxymoron. If it's a candidate for release,
then it's not yet a release.

Better to simply announce a release candidate, and reserve the term
"release" for a release (i.e. once the "release candidate" is accepted
as being ready for release).

--
\ "Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands |
`\ it." â??Albert Einstein |
_o__) |
Ben Finney

Ben Finney

2/15/2008 12:12:00 AM

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Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
> > I'm not a native speaker, so "to release" means to me what the
> > dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning, "make available to
> > the public". That's what I did - I made the release candidate
> > available to the public.
>
> That's one meaning of the word, yes. But in the context of a free
> software project with source code *always* available to the public
> when it's announced, that meaning of "release" is an oxymoron.

Sorry, that should read "â?¦ that meaning of "release" is a tautology".

--
\ "I went to a garage sale. 'How much for the garage?' 'It's not |
`\ for sale.'" -- Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney

Carl Banks

2/15/2008 12:18:00 AM

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On Feb 14, 6:16 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote:
> >> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm
> >> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1).
>
> > Um. If it's only a release *candidate* of 2.5.2, and not yet a
> > *release* of 2.5.2, could you please announce it as something other
> > than a "release"?
>
> > It should either be announced as "the release of Python 2.5.2", if
> > that's the case; or "the availability of the Python 2.5.2 release
> > candidate 1".
>
> Please accept my apologies. I'm not a native speaker, so "to release"
> means to me what the dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning,
> "make available to the public". That's what I did - I made the release
> candidate available to the public.
>
> So is the subject incorrect as well? If so, what should it say?


I think it's fine as it is. You can "release" a release candidate.


Carl Banks