[Python-Dev] PEP 0404 and VS 2010 (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Thu Nov 21 16:57:56 CET 2013

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org>wrote:

Am 21.11.2013 16:12, schrieb Barry Warsaw: > On Nov 21, 2013, at 02:16 PM, Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote: > >> Oh, this is the misunderstanding. No one is trying to get permission for >> "CPython 2.8", only "Stackless Python 2.8". > > I think this is a very bad idea. We've worked hard to send the message that > the migration path is to Python 3 and while I understand that many people > don't want to or cannot switch to Python 3, backpeddling on this message from > the Python community will be bad PR and open the floodgates for pressure to > continue the Python 2 lineage. > > Stackless can of course do whatever it wants, but I would strongly oppose the > use of the word "Python" in that. I don't want to be antagonistic, but I > think the PSF should also oppose allowing the use of the trademark for > any association with an unofficial 2.8.

Yes, please don't use a name that contains both the strings "Python" and "2.8". It's going to create lots and lots of confusion. I strongly urge you to call it "Stackless 2.8" or something similar.

Agreed. PyPy has their own version number so there is precedent of keeping a version number that is not directly tied to the version of Python that one is compatible with. If you're really worried about confusion then go the OS X route and call it "Stackless 10" and start way up the version number chain where there is no possible clash for several decades. =) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20131121/92fb18f3/attachment.html>

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