Hey Guido, The PEP notes that the steering council can grant exceptions to the policy in some cases. So maybe it's time to loop them in and ask them about the PyCode_New proposal.
Ammar Askar On Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 11:03 AM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > Are there any exceptions? In the discussion about PyCode_New we've come to > the conclusion that keeping it and PyCode_NewWithPosArgs around is going to > be impossible to support, and we've found the few users of that API > (Cython) supportive of changing it incompatibly. > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 3:56 AM Łukasz Langa <luk...@langa.pl> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> I noticed some deprecation activity this week. Nice! I'd just like to >> remind everyone that we have a policy for that described in PEP 387 >> <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0387/> It's a very short PEP so I >> recommend you read it in its entirety. The important piece I want to >> highlight is that we cannot deprecate a feature in one release and remove >> it in the next one. We need at least two releases with the warning. >> >> Relevant quotes: >> >> Python's yearly release process (PEP 602 >> <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0602>) means that the deprecation >> period must last at least two years. >> >> >> and: >> >> Wait for the warning to appear in at least two minor Python versions of >> the same major version, or one minor version in an older major version >> (e.g. for a warning in Python 3.10, you either wait until at least Python >> 3.12 or Python 4.0 to make the change). It's fine to wait more than two >> releases. >> >> >> Since this PEP is easy to miss, I linked it to the docs of >> DeprecationWarning in GH-28123 >> <https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/28123>. >> >> Cheers, >> Ł >> _______________________________________________ >> python-committers mailing list -- python-committers@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/WZQIL3GLGO7NYC4XHBVFBHUNUJV6NWLE/ >> Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list -- python-committers@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/BS2L3MDXK232Z523NTIM55ANSDRHR7VJ/ > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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