> From a high-level outsider perspective, the shift from 2.x to "current" looks like amateur hour. You are hearing a lot of noise now, because 3.X has finally

> From a high-level outsider perspective, the shift from 2.x to "current" looks like amateur hour. You are hearing a lot of noise now, because 3.X has finally become viable enough to be interesting to the wider python community, I hope. That's why people keep hyping it. 3.0 was not ready, and only a few dedicated pythoneers (like Mark Pilgrim) pushed it. It was very professional of the python community to keep 3.X in it's mother's basement until it was well-enough dressed to be seen in public.