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Several groups of people offered to maintain python 2. They were told very clearly they could not do so "officially", and we're even threatened with lawyers if
by CJefferson 4y ago
Several groups of people offered to maintain python 2. They were told very clearly they could not do so "officially", and we're even threatened with lawyers if their thing looked like it could be mistaken for "Python 2".
- CogitoCogito 4y agoSo don’t maintain it officially and use a different name. What’s your complaint exactly?
- acdha 4y agoDo you have pointers to that? The one I saw was called “python 2.8” which is definitely a point of confusion for people who might think it was supported.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoLook up Tauthon , believe that was the name.
- acdha 4y agoYes, that’s the one. Note that they’re still there – the PSF just didn’t want them calling something which isn’t made by the Python developers Python 2.8. Once they adopted the Tauthon name they were fine.
- int_19h 4y agoHere's an actively maintained version of Python 2: https://www.activestate.com/products/python/python-2-7/ https://www.activestate.com/products/python/python-2-7/ As you can see, it is still offered, and the PSF doesn't have a problem with that. The problem with those other groups is that they didn't want to maintain Python 2. They wanted to take it and develop it, evolving the language separately from Python 3 - while also calling the result "Python 2.8" (and presumably later Python 2.9 etc). It stands to reason that people who own the brand don't want it to be associated with a third-party fork that's making its own major design decisions, no?
- CJefferson 4y agoI genuinely thought some people wanted to do this, but we're refused, so I've learnt I was wrong. It would be nice if this was linked from python.org as well.