[Python-Dev] Draft: 2.3 download page (original) (raw)

Alex Martelli aleaxit@yahoo.com
Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:12:28 +0200

On Sunday 27 July 2003 06:13 pm, Tim Peters wrote: ...

> and several minor but critical bugs made it into the release.

They'll be backported to 2.2.4 too, if anyone cares to make the effort.

Backporting bugs is a novel concept (no time to type the appropriate wink fraction?-).

In all, I'd like to see a lot less dubious negative editorializing in the release blurb. It's a major release long in the making, and it is (thanks to the efforts of everyone on Python-Dev, and to Guido's reluctance to add new features to the core language this time) probably the best major release Python has ever had. Even if it doesn't compile on a Cray SV1 running UNICOS .

I entirely concur. Admittedly using only "major" platforms -- Linux on Intel-like CPU's, Windows -- I've been positively amazed at how solid and reliable 2.3 has felt for the last 6 months or so, and I've been unashamedly recommending it to everybody and their cousin.

Alex