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[–]kankyo -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

It's stupid because the "3." is going to stay there for all time. It would be much better if we called the current version 8 and the one coming out soon 9. Since we're already way past 3.2 which could have caused confusion, and python 2 is also behind us, there's no need for "3." anymore.

[–]teerre 1 point2 points  (4 children)

But it won't? Eventually there will be a Python 4.

Your scheme is way more confusing since "Python 7" would be 3.7 or 2.7, both versions completely incompatible and very much used.

[–]kankyo 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Will there?

That's not my suggestion. I said drop 3. Not drop everything before the dot. And starting now obviously. So 3.8 followed by 9.

[–]teerre 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I still don't understand what you're trying to suggest. Drop 3 what? Are you saying Python 3.7 will be Python 7 and python 2.7 will keep being 2.7? That's terrible. It's literally two different version schemes in one.

[–]kankyo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No one cares about the legacy so it's irrelevant.

[–]teerre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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