Re: Release 0.20

Dear Günter, all,

>> I have tested on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Windows 10, and against Sphinx.
>> All tests are passing,

> Good news. What are the tested Python versions?
> Could someone test with Python 3.11?

I have tested on Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12.0a7 -- all supported Python versions. Following [r9363], all tests pass with no
warnings and with ``-W error`` enabled.

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>> Please may we release a 0.20b1 first so that I might ask downstream
>> projects to test, as with the 0.19 release?

> My experience from the latest pre-releases was minimal to no feedback.
> However, if you have other experiences of expectations, I agree with a
> pre-release.

> I suggest "rc1" instead of "beta" (as I really like
> 0.20 coming out soon and rather see a not too distant 0.21...).

Ok -- I have no strong feelings either way -- if Engelbert is happy to
release 0.20 with no 'rc1' stage then that works with me! I agree we
didn't get much feedback.

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>>> The API documentation "publisher.txt" now has the example

>>>     output = bytes(publish_string(...))

>>> (which depends on `OutputString` features).

>> Can we mark this feature as provisional? Personally, I don't think
>> that we should support this form of ``bytes`` conversion long-term,
>> and I see the ``OutputString`` as a transitional class, again not
>> one that will be around for a long time.

> OK.

I'll reply to this point in my reply to your other note

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>> Sorry for the rather long message appended to a release thread, but
>> as you note, perhaps the decision cannot be delayed, as the
>> documentation contains a recipie that we may later regret declaring
>> support for.

> My suggestion for the next steps:

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> * Push "deprecation warning" patch (Adam).

Done! [r9363]


Thanks,
Adam