[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] peps: PEP for updating the URL layout on docs.python.org

[Georg Brandl]

Am 28.10.2012 13:19, schrieb Chris Jerdonek:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 28.10.2012 12:29, schrieb Chris Jerdonek:
>> ...
>> I understand "latest" to mean "latest stable plus bugfixes".
>> I.e., /3/ is 3.3.0+. /dev and /3.4 is 3.4a0.  It might need clarifying
>> in the PEP.
>> ...
>>> There's a slight mismatch with how we're doing it today because
>>> "http://docs.python.org/3/" shows 3.3.0 in the title even though it's
>>> the in-progress 3.3.1.  The title should perhaps reflect that it's
>>> post 3.3.0 (and similarly for the 2.7 and 3.2 pages).
>>
>> Well, that has always been the case, and it doesn't matter anyway, because
>> generally there's nothing in 3.3.1, feature-wise, that won't have been in 3.3.0.
> 
> One reason to change would be to avoid possible confusion created on
> pages like this--
> 
> http://docs.python.org/3.3/whatsnew/3.2.html
> 
> where it says--
> 
> Author: Raymond Hettinger
> Release: 3.3.0
> Date: October 27, 2012

Well, that block is a little silly anyway.  I would just delete the
"Release" and "Date" lines.

> Would there be any disadvantage to changing the in-development titles
> to read something like 3.3.0+, etc?

I'm not sure it would lower any confusion, instead of creating more.
("What is that + anyway? Do I need another version?" etc.)

Georg