On 29. 04. 22 19:02, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 10:15 AM Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com
> <mailto:encukou@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 29. 04. 22 16:32, Victor Stinner wrote:
>      > Ok, let me start with the serious business: API name.
>      >
>      > I'm not comfortable with "semi-stable". Python already has a "limited
>      > API" and a "stable ABI". Just by its name, it's unclear what
>      > "semi-stable" means.
[...]
>     Nick Coghlan argued against that term:
[...]
>     But I also like “unstable” better than “semi-stable”. Splitting the
>     internals into “private”/“internal” and “unstable” seems reasonable.
>
>
> I think picking "semi-stable" would be giving in to the OCD nerd in all
> of us. :-) While perhaps technically less precise, "unstable" is the
> catchy name with the right association. (And yes, we should keep it
> stable within bugfix releases, but the name doesn't need to reflect that
> detail.) The "internal API" isn't an API at all (except for CPython core
> developers and contributors). The "unstable API" would definitely be an
> *API* for users outside the core.
>
> So let's please go with "unstable".


Thanks, you worded that perfectly!

Alright, the PEP now uses “unstable” rather than “semi-stable”. And I
don't see any issues with the technical details, so I'll see if it can
still get into Python 3.11. Hopefully Pablo agrees as the Release Manager.
Thanks for the discussion, everyone!
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