[Python-Dev] License() release list is imcomplete; intentional?

[Guido van Rossum]

OK. Let's do it.


On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

> On 09/17/2013 05:37 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> > On 2.7, >>> license() return a text that includes a complete list of
> > releases from 1.6 to 2.7 and stops there
> >      Release         Derived     Year        Owner       GPL-
> >                      from                                compatible? (1)
> >
> >      0.9.0 thru 1.2              1991-1995   CWI         yes
> >      1.3 thru 1.5.2  1.2         1995-1999   CNRI        yes
> >      1.6             1.5.2       2000        CNRI        no
> >      2.0             1.6         2000        BeOpen.com  no
> > ...
> >      2.6.5           2.6.4       2010        PSF         yes
> >      2.7             2.6         2010        PSF         yes
> >
> > Was it intentional to stop with 2.7 and not continue with 2.7.1, etc?
> >
> > On 3.3.2, the 2.x list ends with 2.6.5 and never mentions 2.7.
> Intentional?
> > It then jumps back to 3.0 and ends with the 'previous' release, 3.3.1.
> > Should 3.3.2 be included in the 3.3.2 list?
> >
> > ...
> >      2.6.4           2.6.3       2009        PSF         yes
> >      2.6.5           2.6.4       2010        PSF         yes
> >      3.0             2.6         2008        PSF         yes
> >      3.0.1           3.0         2009        PSF         yes
> > ...
> >      3.2.4           3.2.3       2013        PSF         yes
> >      3.3.0           3.2         2012        PSF         yes
> >      3.3.1           3.3.0       2013        PSF         yes
>
> Since there are 3 versions of this table, it's unavoidable that one of them
> gets out of sync :)
>
> * LICENSE
> * Doc/license.rst
> * the versions for each release on the website
>
> So I wholeheartedly support truncating before 2.2 (which is the first
> release where all micro versions are PSF owned and GPL compatible) and
> just saying "2.2 onwards" (or whatever is the best way to say it).
>
> cheers,
> Georg
>
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