Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.023 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'sufficient': 0.05; 'string': 0.09; 'deprecated': 0.09; 'subject:version': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'assumptions': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'two-digit': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'basically': 0.19; 'feb': 0.22; 'issue.': 0.22; 'saying': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'usually': 0.31; '(on': 0.31; '13,': 0.31; '4.0': 0.31; 'comparison': 0.31; 'exceptions': 0.31; 'stuff': 0.32; 'quite': 0.32; 'fri,': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'similar': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'enough': 0.39; 'easy': 0.60; 'numbers': 0.61; 'world.': 0.61; 'real': 0.63; 'decided': 0.64; 'worth': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'feeling': 0.68; '2015': 0.84; '4.0,': 0.84; 'python-dev': 0.84; 'resistance': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type; bh=A4NRYOokDgID0zoBd8rw7viB4S7FLCjfkntUNJ12/lU=; b=B8ga4KLtyd5TG0zehNHOnAt4ag7azpGoWMlrzBbrSCvkVGkFe40P433T+I//AzL0fs UefxL0ooHsJ1nd6lxmXNMvsigHaASPZ8wlcH7I1mmO9t/deEFZtzXpVHDlin43TXiEpi ftRMiDhUboDKuU/uMp9WWsiJIeDprLVXBkYJSAKajD7vkieZ/th6thN2wYy2hmfkSInW ToyInIj+n6BP+YAWd2byT7AbiVuLsqtS7VQlszhpyV63/rqTxbAFYB3YnXo82BMC64ZL MzZvre+tODlPHI53Iq449cQl8D48UQQx3YOOo7YgBI9yKjmjpRxkh/5M+Q18VljAFilJ 1QUQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.4.40 with SMTP id h8mr5265293igh.34.1423761968716; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:26:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <54DCD8A5.9050907@yahoo.no> <20150212110506.39410d54@bigbox.christie.dr> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:26:08 +1100 Subject: Re: Odd version scheme From: Chris Angelico Cc: Python-list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1423761972 news.xs4all.nl 2956 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39046 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:85596 On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > I believe this sort of lexicographical comparison wart is one of the reasons > the Python-dev gang decided that there would be no micro versions > 9. There > are too many similar assumptions about version numbers out in the real > world. I don't think the policy is quite that strong; 2.7.10 has already been scheduled, and there's sufficient resistance to a Python 4.0 that there's likely to be a 3.10; although some people are saying that it might be worth following 3.9 with 4.0, drop only stuff that's been deprecated for a long time (on par with the disallowing of string exceptions during 2.x), and basically dodge the whole issue. But yes, there's a general feeling that two-digit version components cause trouble, and it's usually easy enough to avoid them. ChrisA