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> If we didn't want to kid ourselves, we'd kill Python 3 ... Using Python both personally and professionally, I do not think it is necessary. I already came ac

by mtrn 13y ago

> If we didn't want to kid ourselves, we'd kill Python 3 ... Using Python both personally and professionally, I do not think it is necessary. I already came across a few 3.X features, that I miss in 2.X and I write most 2.X code "in preparation" for the jump. But that's it, it is a jump, still. The most interesting part of the post is the feedback matter, which seems to be accidental, but isn't since an open source language is shaped by the people - something you can forget, when you are not a contributor (which most of the people might not be).

secstate 13y ago
But you've just missed Alex's whole point. You're fine. 98% of PyPI downloads are not. That's a startling statistic, and argues that something IS necessary, rather than the status quo of shaming the top 1000 Python packages sans 3K support and telling people "it's really not that bad." It is that bad, in terms of adoption of the first 5 years of 3K's release. And unless we want to spend the next decade trying to get to 50% mindshare with 3K, the community needs to suck it up and change tacks. The definition of insanity is trying the same solution twice and expecting different results.