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On Mon, Feb 8, 2016, at 10:46, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > I still think we should just retroactively declare 3.5 to be python 5,
> > and then keep going with python 6, 7, etc...
> 
> http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html

Java's hardly the only, or even the first, project to drop a version
number. (I think the first may actually have been GNU Emacs), and it's
certainly not the only one with a release schedule that frequently
increments the major version number.