[Python-Dev] Proto-PEP for maintaining backward compatibility

[Guido van Rossum]

> Since it may become impossible in the future to remain backward
> compatibility, should there be a (planned) Python version
> which no longer maintains backwards compatibility?

That would be 3.0.

Of course minor incompatibilities creep in at each new release.

> >     Package/Module     Maintainer(s)          Python Version
> >     --------------     -------------          --------------
> tools/scripts/freeze/modulefinder       ???             1.5.2

Can I ask once more why?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)