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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: [RELEASED] Release candidates for Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:20:26 -0500
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On 2/26/2012 3:51 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Benjamin Peterson<benjamin@python.org>  writes:
>
>> We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of release candid=
ates 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 =E2=80=9CRELEASED=E2=80=9D in the subject, when they're not rel=
eased and are
> instead *candidates for* release, is confusing and muddies the issue of=

> what you even mean by =E2=80=9Crelease=E2=80=9D.

I think the standard [RELEASED] tag is for the benefit of people who do=20
not read the list but filter it for posts with such tags, perhaps=20
automatically, so they know there is something new to go download. And=20
indeed, there is something new to download.

--=20
Terry Jan Reedy