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Python 2.7 wasn't supposed to exist. Python 2.6 was supposed to be EOL for the 2.x series, including being the "help upgrade your code" release, but for many re
by SoftwareMaven 14y ago
Python 2.7 wasn't supposed to exist. Python 2.6 was supposed to be EOL for the 2.x series, including being the "help upgrade your code" release, but for many reasons, the line wasn't ready to die.
The original poster is implying there will be a Ruby 1.8.8 to support the many who can't/won't upgrade to 1.9.
- Argorak 14y agoThere won't be a 1.8.8, it was already discussed and shot down. 1.8.7 is already a transitional release. Also, given the adoption of 1.9 in the Ruby world, there is also no point.
- masklinn 14y ago> Python 2.7 wasn't supposed to exist. Python 2.6 was supposed to be EOL for the 2.x series This claim is highly dubious, I never heard of it and just to be sure checked the log for PEP 361 "Python 2.6 release schedule". 2.7 has been mentioned since the first revision of the PEP, that the 2.6 release would be synchronized with 3.0 was added early on, I can not find any suggestion that 2.6 would be the 2.x EOL anywhere. It does specify that some features would be/were backported from 3.0 to 2.6 to help transition, but that's it. Do you have any source for your claim that 2.6 was supposed to be the 2.x EOL?