On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 11:36, Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I am wrong, can we stop keeping stable ABI at Python 3.12? > Python 4.0 won't come in foreseeable future. Stable ABI blocks Python > evolution.
Conversely, the stable ABI allows projects to build cross-version binary wheels. Not many projects do that yet, but it's definitely something we'd like to see more of. Needing new binary builds every version blocks users from testing new versions of Python in advance of the release. Also, I often use the stable ABI when embedding, so that I can replace the Python interpreter without needing to recompile my application and redeploy new binaries everywhere (my use case is pretty niche, though, so I wouldn't like to claim I represent a typical user...). But I do agree that we should either start keeping to the commitments that we made around the stability of the stable ABI, or we should abandon it properly and declare it no longer supported. Having something that sort of works except when we accidentally broke it doesn't help anyone. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/HXOMSUACA5GOH2SFU526R54AJSZGRNXW/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
