release bump should either automatically update or remind to update README version to x.y.z+ #169

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1. savannahostrowski

   self-assigned this

   on May 26, 2026
2. hugovk commented on Jul 7, 2026

   

   hugovk

   on Jul 7, 2026

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   Right now:

   ❯ rg "This is Python version"  --sort-files
   3.10/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.10.20
   
   3.11/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.11.15
   
   3.12/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.12.13
   
   3.13/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.13.14
   
   3.14/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.14.6
   
   3.15/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.15.0 beta 3
   
   main/README.rst
   1:This is Python version 3.16.0 alpha 0

   If we were to add + (or +dev for 3.15 and later), that works cleanly for fully released 3.10 to 3.14, but not so much for pre-releases; would 3.15 read "This is Python version 3.15.0 beta 3+dev"?

   Some ideas:

   • as above: "This is Python version 3.15.0 beta 3+dev"
   • switch to the short form: "This is Python version 3.15.0b3+dev"
   • ditch the micro and alpha/beta/RC: "This is Python version 3.15" or "This is Python 3.15"
3. ned-deily commented on Jul 7, 2026

   

   ned-deily

   on Jul 7, 2026

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   I think either option 1 or 2 is fine; the text doesn't have to exactly match the displayed version info in the build. What's more important is having the README be clear that this is not a tagged / released snapshot so -1 for option 3. (Same for the built docs, for that matter.)
4. savannahostrowski

   closed this as completedin #422on Jul 22, 2026