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| Started by | Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2013-10-27 11:13 -0700 |
| Last post | 2013-10-27 17:29 -0400 |
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Confusion about python versions Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-10-27 11:13 -0700
Re: Confusion about python versions Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-27 18:23 +0000
Re: Confusion about python versions Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-10-27 15:08 -0400
Re: Confusion about python versions Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-27 17:29 -0400
| From | Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2013-10-27 11:13 -0700 |
| Subject | Confusion about python versions |
| Message-ID | <3e74a873-cb48-4bb5-aff2-cee5f4919f66@googlegroups.com> |
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?
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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2013-10-27 18:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1657.1382898213.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #57756 |
On 27/10/2013 18:13, 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? > Take a look at the various release schedule PEPs here http://www.python.org/dev/peps/ where 373 refers to Python 2.7. -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence
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| From | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> |
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| Date | 2013-10-27 15:08 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1658.1382900896.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #57756 |
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.
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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
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| Date | 2013-10-27 17:29 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1663.1382909413.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #57756 |
On 10/27/2013 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. Normal 3.3 bugfixes are not done until 3.4.0 (final) is released. There will be a 3.3.4 at that time. > 3.3.3 release candidate fixes many bugs as per the changelog so would > they be included in 3.4.0? Yes. 3.3 patches are merged forward unless not applicable. > How long do the older versions get supported in case of Python? After normal maintenance ends, code-only, security-fix-only releases of x.y continue after that until 5 years after x.y.0. 3.3.0 was released 2012 Feb so security releases will continue until about 2017 Feb. The initial 2.6 release was about 2008 Sept, I believe, so this is 5 years later. > 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? Yes. Core developers will be very happy when normal maintenance of 2.7 ends. > How do the Python versions work? For how long is Python 2 going to be > supported? 2.7, released about 2010 July, is a special case. It is already past the normal maintenance period of 2 years and will get occasional releases until 2015. Security fixes after that are not decided. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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