[Python-Dev] Proto-PEP for maintaining backward compatibility

[Thomas Heller]

> > Since it may become impossible in the future to remain backward
> > compatibility, should there be a (planned) Python version
> > which no longer maintains backwards compatibility?
> 
> That would be 3.0.
> 
> Of course minor incompatibilities creep in at each new release.
> 
> > >     Package/Module     Maintainer(s)          Python Version
> > >     --------------     -------------          --------------
> > tools/scripts/freeze/modulefinder       ???             1.5.2
> 
> Can I ask once more why?
> 
I use it in py2exe, and this still supports 1.5.2.

Thomas