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>>> If they had immediately deprecated python 2, users would have quickly updated their packages over to a supported version. Painfully wrong. They tried to de
by 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.