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Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3

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From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3
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Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> writes:

> We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of release candidates for
> Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 .

If you're pleased to announce their immediate availability, then please
do that!

Putting “RELEASED” in the subject, when they're not released and are
instead *candidates for* release, is confusing and muddies the issue of
what you even mean by “release”.

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[RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> - 2012-02-25 12:56 -0500
  Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-02-26 19:51 +1100
    Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 20:03 +1100
      Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-02-26 23:21 +1100
        Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-27 00:01 +1100
        Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-26 13:08 +0000
        Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2012-02-27 15:23 +0100
    Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-02-26 17:20 -0500
    Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5,	and 3.2.3 Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> - 2012-02-27 14:16 +0000
      Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-02-28 08:30 +1100

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