I don't find 'major' and 'minor' confusing too. Maybe because it is the designation used in linux community for years.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Rob Cliffe <rob.cli...@btinternet.com>wrote: > But "minor version" and "major version" are readily understandable to the > general reader, e.g. me, whereas "feature release" and "release series" I > find are not. Couldn't the first two terms be defined once and then used > throughout? > Rob Cliffe > > > On 10/01/2012 04:05, Terry Reedy wrote: > >> On 1/9/2012 8:52 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Antoine Pitrou<solip...@pitrou.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Please avoid using the terms "minor version" and "major version", they >>>> are confusing. >>>> >>> >>> Indeed. "Feature release" (2.7, 3.2, 3.3) and "release series" (2.x, >>> 3.x) are the least confusing terms we have available. >>> >> >> I minimally edited what was already there to correct what is now an >> error. The change comes immediately after a section defining major, minor, >> and micro releases. To change terms, >> http://docs.python.org/**devguide/devcycle.html<http://docs.python.org/devguide/devcycle.html> >> and possibly other pages needs more extensive editing. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/python-dev<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev> > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/**mailman/options/python-dev/** > anthony.hw.kong%40gmail.com<http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/anthony.hw.kong%40gmail.com> >
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