From 1e0d91188e5879578f347fa03092162fe1104df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hood Chatham <roberthoodchatham@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:19:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] PEP 783: Add rejected alternatives for platform tag

Following a suggestion by hugovk
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 peps/pep-0783.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/peps/pep-0783.rst b/peps/pep-0783.rst
index fe45e81201b..951b6d738fe 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0783.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0783.rst
@@ -193,6 +193,24 @@ Security Implications
 
 There are no security implications in this PEP.
 
+Rejected Ideas
+==============
+
+Alternative Options for the Platform Tag
+----------------------------------------
+
+* ``pyodide_${YEAR}_${PATCH}`` -- This avoids potential confusion between e.g.,
+  ``314_0`` and Python ``3.14.0``. On the other hand, it makes the link between
+  ABI and Python minor version ambiguous.
+
+* ``pyodide_${MAJOR}_${MINOR}_${ABI_PATCH}`` -- this would handle a future
+  two-digit major version, but the ABI patch version would be too easily
+  confused with a Python patch version e.g., ``3_14_0`` seems to imply Python
+  ``3.14.0`` specifically rather than Python 3.14.x.
+
+* No ABI patch version -- we hope never to need the patch version, but it's
+  good to be prepared for unforseen problems.
+
 How to Teach This
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