[python-committers] Python 4.0 or Python 3.10?

[Matthias Klose]

On 25.09.2018 21:30, Yury Selivanov wrote:
> What's the current plan for what version of Python we release after 3.9?
> 
> The reason I'm asking this is because I frequently need to refer to
> *that version* of Python in the documentation, especially when I'm
> deprecating APIs or behavior.  Right now I'm saying "Python 4.0"
> implying that 4.0 will be released right after 3.9.
> 
> I've heard multiple opinions on this subject. One of them is that we
> should release 4.0 when we have a major new change, like removal of
> the GIL or introduction of a JIT compiler.  On the other hand, we have
> no estimate when we have such a change. We also don't want Python 4.0
> to be backwards incompatible with Python 3.0 (at least not at the
> scale of 2 vs 3).  So to me, it seems logical that we simply release
> Python 4.0 after Python 3.9.  After all, after 3.9 Python will be
> drastically different from 3.0 and from 2.7.  It sounds better. :)

why call it 4.0 when there are no significant changes?  Just calling it
4.something sends the wrong signal, that probably people try to skip 3.x and
keep going with 2.7 ...

> Finally, I'm not sure we need a new governance in place to make this
> decision or maybe we can make it now. That's why I'm posting this to
> python-committers to see if core devs already have a consensus on
> this.

sorry, for me that sounds like a non-decision.