On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Brian Curtin <br...@python.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:56 PM, <dw+python-...@hmmz.org> wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 10:49:24PM +0400, Brian Curtin wrote: >>> >>>> None of the options are particularly good, but yes, I think that's an >>>> option we have to consider. We're supporting 2.7.x for 6 more years on >>>> a compiler that is already 6 years old. >>> >>> Surely that is infinitely less desirable than simply bumping the minor >>> version? >> >> It's definitely not desirable, but "simply" bumping the minor version >> is not A Thing. > > Why? I mean even if it’s the same thing as 2.7 just with an updated > compiler that seems like a better answer than having to deal with > 2.7.whatever suddenly breaking all C exts.
Because then we have to maintain 2.8 at a time when no one even wants to maintain 2.7? _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com