[Python-Dev] PEP 413: Faster evolution of the Python Standard Library

[Georg Brandl]

On 02/25/2012 05:55 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:23:36 +0100
> Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > I also think the branches and releases management should be even
>> > simpler:
>> > 
>> > - 2.7: as today
>> > - 3.3: bug fixes + stdlib enhancements
>> > - default: language enhancements / ABI-breaking changes
>> > 
>> > Every 6 months, a new stdlib + bugfix release would be cut (3.3.1,
>> > 3.3.2, etc.), while language enhancement releases (3.4, 3.5...) would
>> > still happen every 18 months.
>> 
>> Sorry, I don't think that's feasible at all.  For one, it removes the
>> possibility to target a stable set of features for a longer time.
> 
> Why does it? You can target the 3.3.0 set of features and be
> (reasonably) confident that your code will still work with 3.3.1.

Yes, but anybody developing for 3.3.1 will have to specify "3.3.1+".
Which is kind of defeating the point of giving them micro versions
at all.

Frankly, the longer we are discussing about this, the more I get the
impression that all of the different proposed changes will result in
grievous mental confusion to the Great British Public^W^W^W Python
community.

Georg