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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2023-06-16 08:56:32 (GMT)
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[3.12] gh-105844: Consistently use 'minor version' for X.Y versions (GH-105851) (#105853)
(cherry picked from commit 0bffe1acd78069ea21f6b1347bec9cc9747342cb) Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
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@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Python versions are numbered "A.B.C" or "A.B":
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
+Not all releases are bugfix releases. In the run-up to a new minor release, a
series of development releases are made, denoted as alpha, beta, or release
candidate. Alphas are early releases in which interfaces aren't yet finalized;
it's not unexpected to see an interface change between two alpha releases.
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ How stable is Python?
Very stable. New, stable releases have been coming out roughly every 6 to 18
months since 1991, and this seems likely to continue. As of version 3.9,
-Python will have a major new release every 12 months (:pep:`602`).
+Python will have a minor new release every 12 months (:pep:`602`).
The developers issue "bugfix" releases of older versions, so the stability of
existing releases gradually improves. Bugfix releases, indicated by a third