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Likely a key factor is leaving support for the old version. If they had immediately deprecated python 2, users would have quickly updated their packages over to
by kekeblom 6y ago
Likely a key factor is leaving support for the old version. If they had immediately deprecated python 2, users would have quickly updated their packages over to a supported version.
- carlhjerpe 6y agoSomehow it feels like PHP being a synonym to WordPress and Node going though babel makes these languages different too from perl and python too.
- user5994461 6y ago>>> If they had immediately deprecated python 2, users would have quickly updated their packages over to a supported version. Painfully wrong. They tried to deprecate at least twice, it was so bad a decision that they had to backtrack. In fact Python 3 is the hard proof that you cannot hope users to upgrade, by abandoning ship and giving no way to upgrade.
- kekeblom 6y agoWell there is a way to upgrade. They even provided an automated tool that would convert code and warn you about the handful of changes.