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| author | Thomas A Caswell <tcaswell@gmail.com> | 2019-07-23 18:59:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Thomas A Caswell <tcaswell@gmail.com> | 2019-07-23 18:59:52 -0400 |
| commit | 4e37fd36487f66eef6ff8afb72127a769aeea598 (patch) | |
| tree | 96c559e84d608b94826ce37147d57779e013afc7 /doc | |
| parent | df68d9bf481cfb2f297010cc1e1c379006549a96 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-4e37fd36487f66eef6ff8afb72127a769aeea598.tar.gz | |
DOC: clarify major and minor releases
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/neps/nep-0028-deprecation_policy.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/neps/nep-0028-deprecation_policy.rst b/doc/neps/nep-0028-deprecation_policy.rst index cde748a32..f056d2abb 100644 --- a/doc/neps/nep-0028-deprecation_policy.rst +++ b/doc/neps/nep-0028-deprecation_policy.rst @@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ The diagram:: |-----------------------------------------> Dec19 |-----------------------------------------> Nov20 -shows the support windows for ``CPython``. A project with a minor -release in Feb19 should support py35 and newer, a project with a minor -release in Dec19 should support py36 and newer, and a project -with a minor release in Nov20 should support py37 and newer. +shows the support windows for ``CPython``. A project with a major or +minor release in Feb19 should support py35 and newer, a project with a +major or minor release in Dec19 should support py36 and newer, and a +project with a major or minor release in Nov20 should support py37 and +newer. The current CPython release cadence is 18 months so a 42 month window ensures that there will always be at least two versions of ``CPython`` |