Carl Banks wrote: > On Feb 14, 6:16 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm >>>> happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.2 (release candidate 1). >>> Um. If it's only a release *candidate* of 2.5.2, and not yet a >>> *release* of 2.5.2, could you please announce it as something other >>> than a "release"? >>> It should either be announced as "the release of Python 2.5.2", if >>> that's the case; or "the availability of the Python 2.5.2 release >>> candidate 1". >> Please accept my apologies. 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. >> >> So is the subject incorrect as well? If so, what should it say? > > > I think it's fine as it is. You can "release" a release candidate.
You can, but it's confusing terminology. In the context of software development, a release (PRODUCT_VERSION-RELEASE) is a different beast from a release candidate (PRODUCT_VERSION-RC1). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
