[Python-Dev] Proposed schedule for Python 3.4 (original) (raw)

Serhiy Storchaka storchaka at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 19:00:17 CEST 2012

On 03.10.12 19:02, Larry Hastings wrote:

But my suspicion is that most people who try the alphas are doing early integration testing with their own stuff. For those people, the earlier the alpha, the less interesting it probably is to them. Earlier means that the software will be less finished. It will be buggier, it won't have as many features as the beta will. As a result it won't be as revealing--or as relevant--as a later alpha or even a beta. If that's their perspective, I suspect they'll be less likely to try an earlier alpha.

I wholeheartedly agree with Larry. Personally I looked for the first time near Python 3.3 after release of the first alpha (before a lot of years followed the development from a distance), but if alpha came out much earlier and would be less mature, I would have probably ignored it. Of course, this is only my personal case, I can't speak for other people.

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