[Python-Dev] Py2.4 pre-alpha snapshot (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sun Dec 7 08:29:59 EST 2003

On Sun, Dec 07, 2003, Raymond Hettinger wrote:

I think it would be worthwhile to occasionally (every 3 months or so) package a Py2.4 pre-alpha release. My feel is that a number of people without compilers (Windows users especially) would enjoy working with the latest python if it were an easy thing to do (has an installer, etc). Besides increasing community involvement, this could open up a whole new stream of user feedback so we can discover issues sooner rather than later. Since non-developers stress the system in different ways, they are more likely to surface various documentation, usability, and integration bugs.

Let's see if I can channel Tim correctly: "The number of people who have historically downloaded beta and candidate releases indicates that it's unlikely that people will download pre-alpha releases."

OTOH, David Goodger has been reasonably successful with docutils having snapshots. It's certainly a worthwhile question about whether people would be more likely to download beta and candidate releases if snapshots were regularly available.

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