On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:25:17 +0530 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org> wrote: > > I don't agree. It's my understanding that the alphas are largely ignored, > > and having them earlier would hardly make them more relevant. > > I would appreciate it you stopped promoting this myth. Each step in > the release process widens the pool of people providing feedback.
Well, if you look at the download statistics at http://www.python.org/webstats/ or even at the bug influx when publishing an alpha, it seems clear to me that alphas have almost no impact. Only rcs seem to gather significant interest from the broader community. Regards Antoine. -- Software development and contracting: http://pro.pitrou.net _______________________________________________ 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
