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On 3/7/2016 6:54 AM, Andrew Jaffe wrote:

> Dumb question, and this probably isn't the place for it, but the three
> Pythons being tested are:
>
>   64-bit CPython on Li... latest in branch '2.7'
>   64-bit CPython on Li... latest in branch '3.5'
>   64-bit CPython on Li... latest

 > I understand that the first two are the released 2.7 and 3.5
 > versions; is the third the most recent 3.x build?

I am rather sure that none are released versions and that all three 
refer to the current tip ('latest') of each branch in the repository, 
with third being the default branch.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy