[IronPython] IronPython 2.6 version numbers

[Jeff Hardy]

Hi IronPython team,
I don't know if this is even an issue, but I'd like to make a request
for the IronPython 2.6.x releases - please do not change the
AssemblyVersion from 2.6.0, or make any ABI breaking changes. I'll
admit, this is mostly because of my own laziness; I don't want to have
to respin NWSGI for every minor IronPython revision just to update the
assembly references, but I also don't want the headache of tracking
which NWSGI version are compatible with which IronPython 2.6 minor
versions.

The only reason I bring this up is because Dave had mentioned a while
ago that they wanted to use different versions for the minor releases
(see http://lists.ironpython.com/pipermail/users-ironpython.com/2009-July/010766.html
for full email):

"Our current 2.6.x planning entails not only fixing a lot of “hard”
bugs where the fixes themselves might cause new instability, but also
far more bugs than any prior IronPython release series.  As such, we
need the flexibility to change method signatures (without injecting
public API incompatibilities in areas like hosting of course) between
patch releases.  The safest way to do this for those building compiled
applications with IronPython is to rev assembly version numbers for
each release of 2.6."

Changing the assembly version (and method signatures) will be a huge
pain to extension/hosting authors. To me, the hard fixes should go
into the 2.7/3.0 development branch, not into the 2.6 release branch.
At the time Dave said it was not set in stone - I hope it's still not
too late.

- Jeff