On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>wrote:


> If Python 4 is a conservative release, I don't see any reason to bump
> the major version number until after Python 3.9.


and why even then?


> Perhaps we need a long-term schedule?
>

why not:

3.5: August 2015
> 3.6: February 2017
> 3.7: August 2018
> 3.8: February 2020
> 3.9: August 2021

3.10: February 2023
>
3.11 August 2023
3.12 February 2024
....

version numbering is not  decimal -- a bump to 4.0 should mean _something_

(Though from the above, we've got a few years before we need to worry about
that!)

-Chris


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