From 7efcafb994a5e97bf458b3138a7694a3c41b7ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Hylton Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:30:18 +0000 Subject: add note about what happened to Python 1.6 also, fix type (not caught by Rob Hooft, but could have been :-) --- README | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 7bdca09..b91e7e5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ incrementing, that same quality makes parts of the rest of the world think that Python is barely out of its first alpha test. Especially enterprise customers are often fearful of anything that's version 1.x! The new version number also clearly marks departure of Python's core -development teal from CNRI to join BeOpen.com. +development team from CNRI to join BeOpen.com. + +What happened to Python 1.6? It was promoted and renamed Python 2.0. +There were two alpha releases of Python 1.6 before we decided to +increment the major version number. Previously, the version number 2.0 was associated with a mythical and elusive incompatible future release. That release (still ways off, -- cgit v0.12