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Wed May 5 11:28:17 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-May/044675.html

> > Can we say that the 2.3 branch is frozen from Tuesday? As
> > this is likely to be the final 2.3 release (modulo any
> > suprising new bugs), I'd like the time to try and nail
> > this one.
> 
> I'd like to include some of the proposed gettext improvements
> into that candidate, but I'm not sure I'll get the necessary
> time, since we're in a rush for a new distribution release.
> Will try to prepare a patch in the weekend.

Huh?  We're talking about a bugfix release for 2.3 here.  Not a good
time for improvements, which sounds to me like a euphemism for new
features, not for bug fixes.

Even if they are backwards compatible, I'm still -1 on adding new
features to a bugfix release.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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