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I suspect there's a sudden push for "Python 2.8" from some of the 2.x holdouts because it's becoming increasingly obvious that the wider community is coalescing
by freyir 10y ago
I suspect there's a sudden push for "Python 2.8" from some of the 2.x holdouts because it's becoming increasingly obvious that the wider community is coalescing around 3.x. I feel a bit sorry for people stuck on large Python 2 projects and who can't make the jump, but there's a very vocal minority in this group that wants the rest of the world to be held back along with them.
- oliwarner 10y agoFor those people genuinely "stuck" I can certainly understand wanting to prolong the life of 2.7 past 2020. It keeps legacy products secure and working without having to retool them onto 3.x, which really is a big job. Why not. The core python team is unhappy keeping it on life support but why couldn't somebody else? But this "2.8" is about adding 3.x language features onto 2.7, essentially declaring a brand new language standard for new development. People who want this aren't saying they don't want to upgrade, they're saying they want to stay on 2.x forever. That seems perversely stubborn to me.