"Raymond Hettinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Would it be possible to release a 2.3.4a that has just the fix over > and >> above the released version? In this case it turns out that the fix > nearly >> coincided with the release of 2.3.5 and 2.4.1. Would you do an >> accelerated >> release if this had come up right after they were released? > Just go to 2.3.6. No need to add a further complication to the > numbering scheme. As I remember, 2.3.1 was precedent for this -- a quick fix-one-critical-item release about a week after 2.3. Perhaps Python.org should have a release-announcement-only mailing list for people who would not get the news any other way. And/or perhaps final release announcements and security warnings could be made on the various Python-application mail lists if not so done already. Terry J. Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com