From 3383d6afa3e4454b237bca2ef856e0f79b5b30c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iman Tabrizian Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 23:20:18 +0330 Subject: [PATCH] gh-116010: Remove link to deprecated PEP 6 in FAQ guide (#116246) Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/faq/general.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 8727332594bda6..ec7c2897594999 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ Python versions are numbered "A.B.C" or "A.B": 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 feature 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; @@ -157,7 +155,11 @@ unreleased versions, built directly from the CPython development repository. In practice, after a final minor release is made, the version is incremented to the next minor version, which becomes the "a0" version, e.g. "2.4a0". -See also the documentation for :data:`sys.version`, :data:`sys.hexversion`, and +See the `Developer's Guide +`__ +for more information about the development cycle, and +:pep:`387` to learn more about Python's backward compatibility policy. See also +the documentation for :data:`sys.version`, :data:`sys.hexversion`, and :data:`sys.version_info`.