Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm not a native speaker, so "to release" means to me what the > > dictionary says it means: m-w's fourth meaning, "make available to > > the public". That's what I did - I made the release candidate > > available to the public. > > That's one meaning of the word, yes. But in the context of a free > software project with source code *always* available to the public > when it's announced, that meaning of "release" is an oxymoron.
Sorry, that should read "… that meaning of "release" is a tautology". -- \ "I went to a garage sale. 'How much for the garage?' 'It's not | `\ for sale.'" -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
