[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brett Cannon <bcannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nope. A new minor release of Python is a massive undertaking which is why
>> we have saved ourselves the hassle of doing a Python 2.8 or not giving a
>> clear signal as to when Python 2.x will end as a language.
>
> Why not just define Python 2.8 as Python 2.7 except with a newer compiler?
> I cannot see why that would be massive undertaking, if changing compiler
> for 2.7 is neccesary anyway.

This would require recompiling all packages on OS X and Linux, even
though nothing had changed.

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Nathaniel J. Smith
Postdoctoral researcher - Informatics - University of Edinburgh
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