Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > In general, I would expect that B 1.1 is backward-compatible with B > 1.0, unless otherwise stated. Why must it be declared in any way other > than the version number?
To make it explicit. The generic component system shouldn't impose (m)any assumptions on version numbering. Version numbers can contain digits, punctuation, letters. Comparisons should be done the way "ls -v" and "sort -V" do it. Whoever creates B-1.1 ought to make it backward-compatible, but he should also say so. The majority of developers are careless about backward-compatibility; having the component system make wishful assumptions will lead to catastrophic consequences. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
