30 May
2002
30 May
'02
2:28 a.m.
On 29 May 2002 at 15:52, Guido van Rossum wrote:
One question is how spin this. Listing a long series of incompatibilities presents the image of a language that has many gratuitous incompatible changes -- which is not true and the opposite of the message we want to convey.
Hopefully, Python-in-a-tie changes the equilibrium somewhat. You can point the "pace of change" whiners to it (once there's something to point to <wink>); conversely, you needn't worry much about spinning a non-PyTie release. Because of the longer release cycle, a PyTie release *will* involve a lot of language changes. MAL's idea of a migration guide is great - just make sure it's presented as an "aid", not a "warning". -- Gordon http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/