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On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> w=
rote:
> Unless =93release candidate=94 means nothing like what those words imply,=
 it
> can't be both a release candidate *and* released.
>
> Either it's released, or it's not. If it's a release candidate, it's not
> released yet. If it's released, it's no longer a candidate for release.

Sure, fair enough.

So what DO you do with an RC? "Make it available"? Seems a little
verbose, but it's the best I can think of off-hand.

ChrisA