Jason R. Coombs wrote:
> I think I missed the announcement of the cutoff date for 3.8.1; I was hoping 
> to get
> some bug fixes in for 
> importlib.metadata.https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17568
> These aren’t crucial bugfixes, but it would be nice not to have them linger 
> for months.

Just to be clear, the lingering will last two months, so it isn't _too_ bad. 
Plus in this instance people could use the PyPI package if they need the fixes 
faster.

Not to say getting them in sooner wouldn't be nice either. 😉 I just wanted to 
make sure people know that the bugfix schedule is faster than it used to be.

-Brett

> Would you consider including these, especially as the code changes are 
> pre-vetted in the
> backport (released 12-01)? Or maybe only if there’s another RC for another 
> reason?
> If it’s too disruptive, that’s no big deal. Your call.
> Thanks for the release work.
> On 10 Dec, 2019, at 04:22, Łukasz Langa 
> luk...@langa.pl<mailto:luk...@langa.pl>
> wrote:
> Python 3.8.1rc1 is the release candidate of the first maintenance release of 
> Python
> 3.8.
> The Python 3.8 series is the newest feature release of the Python language, 
> and it
> contains many new features and optimizations. You can find Python 3.8.1rc1 
> here:
> https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-381rc1/
> Assuming no critical problems are found prior to 2019-12-16, the scheduled 
> release date
> for 3.8.1 as well as Ned Deily's birthday, no code changes are planned 
> between this
> release candidate and the final release.
> That being said, please keep in mind that this is a pre-release of 3.8.1 and 
> as such
> its main purpose is testing.
> See the “What’s New in Python 
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