[Python-Dev] Python 4: don't remove anything, don't break backward compatibility (original) (raw)

Chris Barker chris.barker at noaa.gov
Mon Mar 10 16:38:41 CET 2014


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>wrote:

If Python 4 is a conservative release, I don't see any reason to bump the major version number until after Python 3.9.

and why even then?

Perhaps we need a long-term schedule?

why not:

3.5: August 2015

3.6: February 2017 3.7: August 2018 3.8: February 2020 3.9: August 2021

3.10: February 2023

3.11 August 2023 3.12 February 2024 ....

version numbering is not decimal -- a bump to 4.0 should mean something

(Though from the above, we've got a few years before we need to worry about that!)

-Chris

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