[Python-3000] Proposed Python 3.0 schedule

[Terry Reedy]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>> So, we need to come up with a new release schedule for Python 3.0.  My
>> suggestion:
>>
>> 15-Oct-2008 3.0 beta 4
>> 05-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 2
>> 19-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 3
>> 03-Dec-2008 3.0 final
>>
>> Given what still needs to be done, is this a reasonable schedule?  Do we
>> need two more betas?
> 
> I know I'm contradicting what I said earlier, but perhaps we should
> just forget going back to beta and stick to ever-more-perfect release
> candidates? In other worlds release candidates often contain tons of
> imperfections (I believe I've seen this both for Java and Windows) and
> the label "release candidate" more clearly encourages people to
> download and play with it, which is what we need at this point! Then
> the schedule would be something like
> 
>   15-Oct-2008 3.0 rc 2
>   05-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 3
>   19-Nov-2008 3.0 rc 4
>   03-Dec-2008 3.0 final

As a user, I agree, even if it does stretch the usual notion of rc. 
Having a beta follow and be better than a gamma (rc) would be confusing.
Also, it was the rc designation that encouraged more people to download 
and play with rc1.  I think there has definitely been more attention on 
3.0 on c.l.p lately.