On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz>wrote:
> Concerning the version number, I thought the intention of > PEP 404 was simply to say that the PSF would not be releasing > anything called Python 2.8, not to forbid anyone *else* > from doing so. > > Or am I wrong about that? > Well, it's essentially BSD open source. We can't stop anyone from doing anything when it comes to code. > > If I'm right, there's nothing stopping Christian from > releasing Stackless Python 2.8 with whatever improvements > he wants. You're right, there is nothing legally stopping him. > If it includes other improvements beyond the > change of compiler, it may even deserve the higher > version number. I disagree with that. Python-dev will not be releasing Python 2.8, ever (that's what PEP 404 states). If I decided to start making decisions of what constituted Python 2.8 outside of python-dev then it really isn't a new feature release and thus does not deserve the number as it isn't a release from the collective decision-making of the core developers of Python. That's why so many people lept up initially when Christian said "Stackless Python 2.8"; it isn't a true successor and no one wants to confuse users into thinking that.
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