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[Python-Dev] Python 3.4 version in the tracker

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Sun Mar 13 11:49:24 CET 2011 
On 12.03.2011 17:09, Eric Smith wrote:
> On 03/12/2011 10:55 AM, Éric Araujo wrote:
>>> I have a deprecation warning that I need to make an error in 3.4.
>>
>> A neat trick to remember to do those changes is using a test that fails
>> if something does not raise a DeprecationWarning if sys.version_info[:2]
>> == (3, 3), or an error if sys.version_info[:3] == (3, 4).  You write
>> those tests once and let “make test” remind you as soon as the Python
>> version changes.
> 
> I like the idea, but it seems a little hostile to the person who 
> actually changes the version number!

If it helps to remember these things (usually deprecations) that we've often
forgotten in the past, I don't mind being the one to innocently break the
buildbots by increasing the version number.

cheers,
Georg
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