On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 12:13 AM, Doug Way wrote, regarding 
"Re: [ANN] 3.5 release plan":

> ...
> So with that in mind, here is the release plan for 3.5, which was 
> recently finalized on the SqF list:
>
> ...
> Monday, March 17 - Move 3.5 to beta, and create a 3.6alpha update 
> stream.  The update stream will include the usual choice to proceed to 
> 3.5beta, or to jump to 3.6alpha.

I just noticed that this isn't exactly the "usual" choice... the 
previous choice (for 3.4) for moving to the new alpha stream was 
actually given when moving to gamma, not beta.  Although I think some 
earlier releases have offered the choice when moving to beta.

In any case, there were no objections to that particular release plan 
item, and I still think it's a good idea to open up the 3.6alpha stream 
now rather that wait.  So, I went ahead and added the [UPDATE] to offer 
the choice between 3.5beta and 3.6alpha as planned.

Keep in mind that 3.5 is on a short release cycle.  (See my post from 
last Thursday.)  With 3.6alpha, we'll be on a more normal release 
cycle, which will allow us to start incorporating a lot more fixes from 
the community, among other things.

- Doug Way