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author | Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-10-12 16:04:41 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-10-12 16:04:41 (GMT) |
commit | e9569ec43e2376aa77240cd630db4be07e8720f3 (patch) | |
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gh-96265: Formatting changes for faq/general (#98129)
* Some formatting changes for general faq
* Use list for Python versioning
Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
* New line for list, list for a/b/rc
* Line wrap for 80 chars
* More line wrap
* Remove PythonWin mention.
Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
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diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 81842fc..489bca7 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -125,11 +125,15 @@ find packages of interest to you. How does the Python version numbering scheme work? -------------------------------------------------- -Python versions are numbered A.B.C or A.B. A is the major version number -- it -is only incremented for really major changes in the language. B is the minor -version number, incremented for less earth-shattering changes. C is the -micro-level -- it is incremented for each bugfix release. See :pep:`6` for more -information about bugfix releases. +Python versions are numbered "A.B.C" or "A.B": + +* *A* is the major version number -- it is only incremented for really major + changes in the language. +* *B* is the minor version number -- it is incremented for less earth-shattering + changes. +* *C* is the micro version number -- it is incremented for each bugfix release. + +See :pep:`6` for more information about bugfix releases. Not all releases are bugfix releases. In the run-up to a new major release, a series of development releases are made, denoted as alpha, beta, or release @@ -139,12 +143,14 @@ Betas are more stable, preserving existing interfaces but possibly adding new modules, and release candidates are frozen, making no changes except as needed to fix critical bugs. -Alpha, beta and release candidate versions have an additional suffix. The -suffix for an alpha version is "aN" for some small number N, the suffix for a -beta version is "bN" for some small number N, and the suffix for a release -candidate version is "rcN" for some small number N. In other words, all versions -labeled 2.0aN precede the versions labeled 2.0bN, which precede versions labeled -2.0rcN, and *those* precede 2.0. +Alpha, beta and release candidate versions have an additional suffix: + +* The suffix for an alpha version is "aN" for some small number *N*. +* The suffix for a beta version is "bN" for some small number *N*. +* The suffix for a release candidate version is "rcN" for some small number *N*. + +In other words, all versions labeled *2.0aN* precede the versions labeled +*2.0bN*, which precede versions labeled *2.0rcN*, and *those* precede 2.0. You may also find version numbers with a "+" suffix, e.g. "2.2+". These are unreleased versions, built directly from the CPython development repository. In @@ -429,7 +435,7 @@ With the interpreter, documentation is never far from the student as they are programming. There are also good IDEs for Python. IDLE is a cross-platform IDE for Python -that is written in Python using Tkinter. PythonWin is a Windows-specific IDE. +that is written in Python using Tkinter. Emacs users will be happy to know that there is a very good Python mode for Emacs. All of these programming environments provide syntax highlighting, auto-indenting, and access to the interactive interpreter while coding. Consult |