Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.037 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'fixes': 0.07; 'python': 0.11; 'backward': 0.16; 'preparing': 0.16; 'subject:versions': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'alpha': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'python?': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; '2.x': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'supported': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'to:2**1': 0.27; 'included': 0.31; 'yesterday.': 0.31; 'bugs': 0.33; 'older': 0.33; 'candidate': 0.34; 'done.': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'branch': 0.38; 'work?': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'release': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'ago.': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'long-term': 0.74 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8qKxWonPbbxjXuJguuctSxg1XScpdmm0FW425m92VPQ=; b=0Sum0pwQlRkxlT30Hq32Vj5ZCkAkA8ixO6lQwt9FMAJ26MiPic7UfypZTrKpCVyCen Io+DCo6XCR7vqQPnEoIFF5Lisn4fj8bB6pWRtl/eEeCaCkM/WclzpO+4HUsyHJKH1d7p 7M0TA2NEaqD3TKz5OWzSdtfx+SB7HHeh2me54ehcWY8xoITbn4fVgiP8B8HAlOfV/Pyn IWlB9+8ct5SzFPApquXzwvFZioIzU5Rx/0lihwMYrGCRcQ4PXMCFOkW9ZyY6tqBtpuvM ellmPKlPQJLg5qt8N5ad6KASeD6pv45pSHvPmYigW4nlJgZnuufLZfzC938m7v/jMZCE jBaA== X-Received: by 10.49.116.178 with SMTP id jx18mr24206314qeb.81.1382900888663; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 12:08:08 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Ned Batchelder Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:08:06 -0400 From: Ned Batchelder User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aseem Bansal , python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Confusion about python versions References: <3e74a873-cb48-4bb5-aff2-cee5f4919f66@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <3e74a873-cb48-4bb5-aff2-cee5f4919f66@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382900896 news.xs4all.nl 15917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55252 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57758 On 10/27/13 2:13 PM, Aseem Bansal wrote: > Python 2.7.6 release candidate 1 and 3.3.3 release candidate 1 was released yesterday. Also Python 3.4.0 alpha 4 was released a week ago. > > I thought as Python 3.4.0 alpha was released 3.3 branch was done. The 3.3.3 release candidate fixes many bugs as per the changelog so would they be included in 3.4.0? > > For how long do the older versions get supported in case of Python? Do bugfix releases for older versions keeps on happening even when new branch is released? Isn't that a lot of work to manage so many versions? > > How do the Python versions work? For how long is Python 2 going to be supported? They're also preparing 2.6.9. Older versions get supported for a long time, not sure of the official schedule. 2.7.x will be supported for even longer, since it's the last of the 2.x series. Python takes backward compatibility and long-term support seriously. --Ned.