[Guido van Rossum] > > > 1) Those people who want to be on the bleeding edge do not, by > > nature, care what release numbers mean. They'll work out of > > CVS repositories, or the similar "snapshot" systems, and can > > not be convinced otherwise. > > In Python's case, that's a vanishingly small fraction of the total > user base. Even the alpha/beta releases are downloaded by a > disappointingly small number of people. Many Python users apparently > consider themselves early adopters when they install 2.2 final when it > comes out. For every Python project that I'm involved with I work out of CVS. For Python itself, the lack of a C compiler for Windows keeps me from working with the CVS version. As the base of Windows users grows, I suspect this will become more common. I'd be more than happy to test the CVS version of Python if it was easier to do so on Win 98. --- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech
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