[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 16:37:14 -0500

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

From my own perspective it seems that 2.1.x is viewed as the stable release family, and each micro release reaffirms its stability. That's a good thing. That 2.2.x is viewed as more experimental is simply caused by the new type/class stuff, and I don't think there's much marketing you could do to change that perception. Maybe 2.2 should have been called 3.0 .

Hmph. Why are you winking? Between new-style classes and the division change, that's actually a sensible suggestion.

How about we change "2.3" to "3.1", making 3.0 a retroactive symlink to 2.2. (Okay, so I'm mostly joking here, but I really do think there'd be fewer complaints about 2.2 if it had been billed as a major change.)

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