# Does \`group: beta\` still affect anything?

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/does-group-beta-still-affect-anything/6487>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** build-env\
**Created:** [December 15, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/does-group-beta-still-affect-anything/6487 "2019-12-15T04:18:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/does-group-beta-still-affect-anything/6487/1 "2019-12-15T04:18:05Z")

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The Python project [has recently had a problem with additional preinstalled Python versions not being present in `language: c`](https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/YCTLWAYIC44YTVGNN4EDLWKMER2LAPDA/) despite [https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/xenial/#python-support](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/xenial/#python-support) guarantees – which was intermittently failing builds, blocking their workflow.

[The proposed fix](https://bugs.python.org/issue39035#msg358389) is to remove `group: beta` from `.travis.yml`.

**Is this really a fix – i.e. does this keyword still affect anything?**