[Python-Dev] devguide: Backporting is obsolete. Add details that I had to learn.

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/9/2012 8:52 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Antoine Pitrou<solipsis at pitrou.net>  wrote:
>> Please avoid using the terms "minor version" and "major version", they
>> are confusing.
>
> Indeed. "Feature release" (2.7, 3.2, 3.3) and "release series" (2.x,
> 3.x) are the least confusing terms we have available.

I minimally edited what was already there to correct what is now an 
error. The change comes immediately after a section defining major, 
minor, and micro releases. To change terms,
http://docs.python.org/devguide/devcycle.html
and possibly other pages needs more extensive editing.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy