Please use "feature release" (e.g. 3.5 -> 3.6) and "bugfix release" (e.g. 3.5.0 -> 3.5.1). The major/minor terminology is confusing, since something like 2 -> 3 isn't just "major", it is "earthshattering". :-)
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2015-08-27 5:31 PM, Yury Selivanov wrote: > >> On 2015-08-27 5:24 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: >> >>> >>> My proposal is to amend PEP 411 with two levels of provisional >>> packages: >>> >>> Level 1: Backwards incompatible changes might be introduced in point >>> releases. >>> >>> Level 2: Only backwards compatible changes can be introduced in >>> new point >>> releases. >>> >>> >>> How is this any different from the normal compatibility promise we have >>> for any non-provisional code in the stdlib? >>> >>> And by point release I assume you mean a new minor release, e.g. 3.5 -> >>> 3.6. >>> >> >> Right, my mistake, I indeed meant minor releases. >> >> The difference is that right now we don't introduce new features >> (regardless of backwards compatibility promises) for any non-provisional >> code in minor releases, we can only do bug fixes. >> >> My proposal is to enable asyncio receiving new strictly backwards >> compatible APIs/features (and bug fixes too, of course) in minor releases >> (3.5.x). >> >> > Turns out I was lost in terminology :) > > Considering that Python versioning is defined as major.minor.micro, I'll > rephrase the proposal: > > Level 1: Backwards incompatible changes might be introduced in new Python > releases (including micro releases) > > Level 2: Only backwards compatible changes (new APIs including) can be > introduced in micro releases. > > Sorry for the confusion. > > > Yury > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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