<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>We're behind this at scikit-image! Thank you to all who worked on this proposal!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Minor typo: "at minimum the last THREE minor versions"<br></div><div><br></div><div>Juan.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, at 4:54 PM, Sebastian Berg wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div>Hi all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>we propose formally accepting the NumPy enhancement proposal 29:<br></div><div><br></div><div>"Recommend Python and Numpy version support as a community policy<br></div><div>standard"<br></div><div><br></div><div>available at: https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html<br></div><div><br></div><div>If there are no objections within a week it may be accepted. This<br></div><div>proposal is a recommendation to the larger ecosystem and thus should<br></div><div>receive attention and acceptance from a wide audience.<br></div><div>However, lets try to keep discussions on the NumPy mailing list.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The most important points from the Abstract and Implementation sections<br></div><div>are:<br></div><div><br></div><div>"This NEP recommends that all projects across the Scientific Python<br></div><div>ecosystem adopt a common “time window-based” policy for support of<br></div><div>Python and NumPy versions. Standardizing a recommendation for project<br></div><div>support of minimum Python and NumPy versions will improve downstream<br></div><div>project planning. …"<br></div><div><br></div><div>and:<br></div><div><br></div><div>"We suggest that all projects adopt the following language into their<br></div><div>development guidelines:<br></div><div><br></div><div>This project supports:<br></div><div> * All minor versions of Python released 42 months prior to the<br></div><div>project, and at minimum the two latest minor versions.<br></div><div> * All minor versions of numpy released in the 24 months prior to the<br></div><div>project, and at minimum the last thee minor versions."<br></div><div><br></div><div>For the full text, please refer to the link above.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sebastian<br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>NumPy-Discussion mailing list<br></div><div>NumPy-Discussion@python.org<br></div><div>https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Attachments:</b><br></div><ul><li>signature.asc<br></li></ul></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>