[Python-ideas] Proposal to change Python version release cycle

Stephan Houben stephanh42 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 5 14:53:34 EST 2017


After python39.dll I'd expect python3A.dll .

Or possibly python3⑽.dll

>>> len("python3⑽.dll") == len("python39.dll")
True

No worries, then.

Stephan

2017-11-05 20:28 GMT+01:00 Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com>:

> 04.11.17 17:29, Wolfgang пише:
>
>> A good point but two digits minor version numbers have the possibility
>> to break a lot code. There is a lot of stuff out where a single digit
>> major version is assumed. Even the official Python build for windows
>> with python27.dll, python36.dll can be problematic because the dot
>> is omitted between numbers.
>> Other do the same for compilation they concatenate only majorminor for a
>> name.
>> Then version 3.10 is the same as 31.0.
>>
>
> Actually this is yet one argument against your idea. With your proposal 27
> will be the same as 2.7.
>
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