[Python-Dev] Someons's put a "Python 2.8" on GitHub

[Wes Turner]

On Saturday, December 10, 2016, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Saturday, December 10, 2016, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tjreedy at udel.edu');>> wrote:
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>> On 12/10/2016 5:28 PM, Wes Turner wrote:
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>>>
>>> So forks with modules added or removed cannot be called Python?
>>>
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>> Distributions that make parts of the stdlib optional are not forks.  The
>> PSF Windows installer makes tcl/tk, tkinter, IDLE, and turtle? modules
>> optional.
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>> Distributions that package additional modules with unmodified python x.y
>> are also, to me, not forks.  But they are always given other names for the
>> combined package.  ActiveState Python, Enthought Python, Anaconda
>> (Python).  Separate names for separate distribution allow people to search
>> for particular distributions and discuss questions like "Which distribution
>> is best for purpose A?"
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>> I am sure that ActiveState Software Inc. would not be happy if you
>> distributed Python + selected modules and called it 'ActiveState Python'
>> ;-),  Some for other distributions.
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> So there needs to be a prefix or a suffix?
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>   [prefix] Python
>   Python [suffix]
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https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-recipes/blob/master/python-2.7/version.patch

What is the objective here?


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