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I believe the major issue right now is Red Hat. I can't find the emails detailing the issue right now, but apparently for applications like Django, they are wor

by zcid 16y ago

I believe the major issue right now is Red Hat. I can't find the emails detailing the issue right now, but apparently for applications like Django, they are worried about long term support in RHES for python 2.4 or 2.5 for at least another year or two. So for python applications that are designed for server deployment, you need to look carefully at what versions your commercial linux users are running. While smaller deployments are important too, the enterprise customers are the ones that will say when 3.x is relevant or not.

cookiecaper 16y ago
This is where I think the server distributions get a little bit ridiculous. It is really silly that everyone on Red Hat is still stuck on 2.4. I understand that keeping a certain set of software at the same version for a while can be useful for system administrators, but really it's time 2.4 bid us adieu. I'd really like to see a somewhat tighter release cycle from Red Hat, or for people to stop caring about supporting Red Hat after a while. The whole ecosystem shouldn't be trapped because Red Hat's customers, many of whom still have FORTRAN and COBOL programs performing important business functions, don't like to upgrade.