> I understand breaking backwards compatibility would be difficult on a short timescale, but on a long-term time scale people would migrate. It's funny to see

> I understand breaking backwards compatibility would be difficult on a short timescale, but on a long-term time scale people would migrate. It's funny to see people expressing this view because the "2 to 3 migration problems" is still a lively conversation in the Python world. I happen to agree with you and view it as a price of success - but at the same time I think it's obvious that you will pay an outsized price in community sentiment for even reasonable timescales for EOL'ing old versions.