[Python-Dev] Versioning proposal: syntax.stdlib.bugfix

[Nick Coghlan]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> We have two similar proposals, PEPs 407 and 413, to speed up the release of
> at least library changes. To me, both have major problems with version
> numbering.
>
> I think the underlying problem is starting with a long-term fixed leading
> '3', which conveys no information about current and future changes (at least
> for another decade).

Correct, but the still ongoing challenges of the 2 -> 3 transition
make that approach, as logical as it may be, entirely unworkable from
a PR point of view.

Cheers,
Nick.

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