[Python-Dev] Re: Documenting Python versioning and stability expectations

2021-10-16 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 3:18 PM MRAB wrote: > On 2021-10-16 22:39, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > > I would just like to note that in SymPy we had problems a few times > > because of changes made to typing in the 3.5.x series. The problem was > > that CI tested the newest version of 3.5.x but many

[Python-Dev] Re: Documenting Python versioning and stability expectations

2021-10-16 Thread MRAB
On 2021-10-16 22:39, Oscar Benjamin wrote: On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 14:12, Petr Viktorin wrote: Most of this is, hopefully, just capturing existing tribal knowledge, but: [snip] Micro Versions -- A new micro version marks *bugfix* and *security* releases. These releases are

[Python-Dev] Re: Documenting Python versioning and stability expectations

2021-10-16 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 14:12, Petr Viktorin wrote: > > Most of this is, hopefully, just capturing existing tribal knowledge, but: [snip] > > Micro Versions > -- > > A new micro version marks *bugfix* and *security* releases. > These releases are managed for stability; only fixes for