[Python-Dev] Re: Timing for Py2.4 (original) (raw)

Gareth garth at garthy.com
Tue Mar 30 06:21:56 EST 2004

Florian Schulze wrote:

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:58:31 -0500, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:

Saying "oh, just release an alpha1 anyway, if it is completely screwed, we can just release an alpha2 two days later" underestimates the amount of work needed to cut one of these things.

Don't misquote. I said alphas are part of the development process that allows a wider range of people to exercise the build with the potential benefit of finding an issue that would have otherwise gone undetected. Issuing an alpha is not an irresponsible act. I currently can't compile Python 2.4 myself (don't have MSVC 7.1), so I can't test out Python 2.4. What about just releasing a development snapshot if that is a better name than alpha. I think 2.4 should get a release soon, so people who want to test it out, get the chance. The guy who wants to try Python 2.4 but isn't able to, Florian Schulze If you want to compile python 2.4 with the freely downloadable tools available from microsoft you can use a script I wrote.

Download + install the Microsoft .NET SDK and the the Platform SDK

Grab the scripts from here

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-February/042595.html

This enables anyone to download python24 and compile it with freely available tools

Garth

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