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  Re: Odd version scheme Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-13 04:26 +1100

#85596 — Re: Odd version scheme

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 4:19 AM, Skip Montanaro
<skip.montanaro@gmail.com> 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

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