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How does the Python version numbering scheme work?
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- Python versions are numbered A.B.C or A.B. A is the major version number -- it
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- is only incremented for really major changes in the language. B is the minor
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- version number, incremented for less earth-shattering changes. C is the
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- micro-level -- it is incremented for each bugfix release. See :pep: `6 ` for more
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- information about bugfix releases.
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+ Python versions are numbered "A.B.C" or "A.B":
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+ * *A * is the major version number -- it is only incremented for really major
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+ changes in the language.
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+ * *B * is the minor version number -- it is incremented for less earth-shattering
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+ changes.
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+ * *C * is the micro version number -- it is incremented for each bugfix release.
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+ See :pep: `6 ` for more information about bugfix releases.
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Not all releases are bugfix releases. In the run-up to a new major release, a
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series of development releases are made, denoted as alpha, beta, or release
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modules, and release candidates are frozen, making no changes except as needed
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to fix critical bugs.
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- Alpha, beta and release candidate versions have an additional suffix. The
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- suffix for an alpha version is "aN" for some small number N, the suffix for a
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- beta version is "bN" for some small number N, and the suffix for a release
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- candidate version is "rcN" for some small number N. In other words, all versions
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- labeled 2.0aN precede the versions labeled 2.0bN, which precede versions labeled
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- 2.0rcN, and *those * precede 2.0.
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+ Alpha, beta and release candidate versions have an additional suffix:
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+ * The suffix for an alpha version is "aN" for some small number *N *.
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+ * The suffix for a beta version is "bN" for some small number *N *.
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+ * The suffix for a release candidate version is "rcN" for some small number *N *.
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+ In other words, all versions labeled *2.0aN * precede the versions labeled
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+ *2.0bN *, which precede versions labeled *2.0rcN *, and *those * precede 2.0.
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You may also find version numbers with a "+" suffix, e.g. "2.2+". These are
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unreleased versions, built directly from the CPython development repository. In
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programming.
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There are also good IDEs for Python. IDLE is a cross-platform IDE for Python
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- that is written in Python using Tkinter. PythonWin is a Windows-specific IDE.
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+ that is written in Python using Tkinter.
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Emacs users will be happy to know that there is a very good Python mode for
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Emacs. All of these programming environments provide syntax highlighting,
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auto-indenting, and access to the interactive interpreter while coding. Consult
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