[python-committers] changing the python version on the 2.7 branch

[Nick Coghlan]

On 2 April 2015 at 05:05, Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> We'll have the 2.7.10 release in the coming months. This will be the first
> release with a two digit subminor version number, so please could we prepare for
> that early?  Feature tests in python are unfortunately way too often based on
> version comparisons.  Suggesting to push the following patch to the 2.7 branch.
>
> The patch also changes PY_RELEASE_LEVEL to "beta" quality.  Currently this is a
> value which is not touched on the branches.

I think this is a good idea, but I'd suggest using "2.7.10b0" as the
interim version string, rather than "2.7.10-".

Regards,
Nick.

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