[Python-checkins] r43710 - peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt

guido.van.rossum python-checkins at python.org
Thu Apr 6 19:44:05 CEST 2006


Author: guido.van.rossum
Date: Thu Apr  6 19:44:04 2006
New Revision: 43710

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt
Log:
Clarify what I meant when I said "it will be called Python 3.0".


Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-3000.txt	Thu Apr  6 19:44:04 2006
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 ======
 
 Python 3000, Python 3.0 and Py3K are all names for the same thing.
-The project is called Python 3000, or abbreviated to Py3K.  The actual
-Python binary, once it is released, will be named Python 3.0.
-
+The project is called Python 3000, or abbreviated to Py3k.  The actual
+Python release will be called referred to as Python 3.0, and that's
+what "python3.0 -V" will print; the actual file names will use the
+same naming convention we use for Python 2.x.  I don't want to pick a
+new name for the executable or change the suffix for Python source
+files.
 
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