From 6620e0e2c5dd80cd5795a21aaffcebf492d357e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Pozdeev Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:24:51 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: softened working about EOL fixes --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index ed79a451..602068df 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -78,11 +78,13 @@ Deprecation policy We do not provide official support for EOL releases and environments or otherwise provide any kind of extended support for old Python releases. We do however accept fixes from interested parties that would allow running older, including EOL, releases in newer environments. -In addition to the above general requirements for release-specific fixes, +In addition to the above requirements for release-specific fixes, * Such a fix must not add maintenance burden (e.g. add new logic to `python-build` that has to be kept there indefinitely) * Unless the added logic is useful for both EOL and non-EOL releases. In this case, it will be considered as being primarily an improvement for non-EOL releases. -* We do not provide any guarantees from our side that any such fix works or will continue working going forward. It's up to the interested parties to maintain it. +* Support is provided on a "best effort" basis: we do not maintain these fixes but won't actively break them, either, and accept any corrections. + Since old releases never change, it's pretty safe to assume that the fixes will continue to work until a later version + of an environment introduces further incompatible changes. Advanced changes / adding new Python flavor support