[Python-Dev] PEP 413: Faster evolution of the Python Standard Library (original) (raw)

Eric V. Smith eric at trueblade.com
Sat Feb 25 18:24:12 CET 2012

On 2/25/2012 11:50 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

The problem is that you can't say "my code works on Python 3.3". You now have to specify the micro version number as well: "my code works on Python 3.3.1+". We've made this mistake before; I can't see it happening again. I don't see how it's a mistake. It's only a mistake if it breaks the convention on version numbers, which is precisely what we are discussing to change.

I was thinking of language changes, so maybe it doesn't apply to this discussion. I thought there was some non-trivial addition to the language in a micro release, but searching for it I don't come up with anything. Maybe it was adding True and False in 2.2.1.

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