[Python-Dev] License() release list is imcomplete; intentional? (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Thu Sep 19 03:01:10 CEST 2013

Now tracked at http://bugs.python.org/issue19043

Georg

On 09/18/2013 04:57 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

OK. Let's do it.

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net_ _<mailto:g.brandl at gmx.net>> wrote: On 09/17/2013 05:37 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 2.7, >>> license() return a text that includes a complete list of > releases from 1.6 to 2.7 and stops there > Release Derived Year Owner GPL- > from compatible? (1) > > 0.9.0 thru 1.2 1991-1995 CWI yes > 1.3 thru 1.5.2 1.2 1995-1999 CNRI yes > 1.6 1.5.2 2000 CNRI no > 2.0 1.6 2000 BeOpen.com no > ... > 2.6.5 2.6.4 2010 PSF yes > 2.7 2.6 2010 PSF yes > > Was it intentional to stop with 2.7 and not continue with 2.7.1, etc? > > On 3.3.2, the 2.x list ends with 2.6.5 and never mentions 2.7. Intentional? > It then jumps back to 3.0 and ends with the 'previous' release, 3.3.1. > Should 3.3.2 be included in the 3.3.2 list? > > ... > 2.6.4 2.6.3 2009 PSF yes > 2.6.5 2.6.4 2010 PSF yes > 3.0 2.6 2008 PSF yes > 3.0.1 3.0 2009 PSF yes > ... > 3.2.4 3.2.3 2013 PSF yes > 3.3.0 3.2 2012 PSF yes > 3.3.1 3.3.0 2013 PSF yes Since there are 3 versions of this table, it's unavoidable that one of them gets out of sync :) * LICENSE * Doc/license.rst * the versions for each release on the website So I wholeheartedly support truncating before 2.2 (which is the first release where all micro versions are PSF owned and GPL compatible) and just saying "2.2 onwards" (or whatever is the best way to say it). cheers, Georg

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