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I think adoption will improve substantially when major Linux distros start shipping with Python 3.x as the default interpreter. I believe this is the case with

I think adoption will improve substantially when major Linux distros start shipping with Python 3.x as the default interpreter. I believe this is the case with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

kintamanimatt 13y ago
Major Linux distros already do.
- stefantalpalaru 13y ago
  Name one other than Arch.
  - kintamanimatt 13y ago
    Fedora has for a while. I really don't recall regarding versions prior to Ubuntu 13.10, but this version has Py3x as a default.
    - dagw 13y ago
      Ubuntu 13.10 ships with python3, but python2 is still the default python you get when you run /usr/bin/python
      - kintamanimatt 13y ago
        My apologies, re 13.10. I forgot about that line in my .bash_aliases file! I stand by Fedora though with a reasonable degree of confidence!
        maximux 13y ago
        No, Fedora ships with 2.7.
        kintamanimatt 13y ago
        Well, I maintain: when I'm wrong, I'm wrong! :-)
      - cben 13y ago
        I think most distributions don't intend to change /usr/bin/python to 3 in the observeble future as that will break scripts. The meaningful way in which distros work on 2->3 transition is uprading apps installed by default to use 3 so python2 can be thrown out of the default CD image. Sources: http://radiofreepython.com/episodes/10/ http://radiofreepython.com/episodes/10/ (IIRC this is where I learn this but I'm lazy to listen again to confirm. I recall Barry mentioned some distro that did change /usr/bin/python to 3 and that a lot of stuff broke.) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3 https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-July/127529.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-July/12752...
    - stefantalpalaru 13y ago
      Doesn't look like they did it yet: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default
      - kintamanimatt 13y ago
        Well, when I'm wrong, I'm wrong!
gangster_dave 13y ago
If you're code is still locked to 2.7, what your OS ships with doesn't matter.

I think adoption will improve substantially when major Linux distros start shipping with Python 3.x as the default interpreter. I believe this is the case with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

kintamanimatt 13y ago

Major Linux distros already do.

stefantalpalaru 13y ago
Name one other than Arch.
- kintamanimatt 13y ago
  Fedora has for a while. I really don't recall regarding versions prior to Ubuntu 13.10, but this version has Py3x as a default.
  - dagw 13y ago
    Ubuntu 13.10 ships with python3, but python2 is still the default python you get when you run /usr/bin/python
    - kintamanimatt 13y ago
      My apologies, re 13.10. I forgot about that line in my .bash_aliases file! I stand by Fedora though with a reasonable degree of confidence!
      - maximux 13y ago
        No, Fedora ships with 2.7.
        kintamanimatt 13y ago
        Well, I maintain: when I'm wrong, I'm wrong! :-)
    - cben 13y ago
      I think most distributions don't intend to change /usr/bin/python to 3 in the observeble future as that will break scripts. The meaningful way in which distros work on 2->3 transition is uprading apps installed by default to use 3 so python2 can be thrown out of the default CD image. Sources: http://radiofreepython.com/episodes/10/ http://radiofreepython.com/episodes/10/ (IIRC this is where I learn this but I'm lazy to listen again to confirm. I recall Barry mentioned some distro that did change /usr/bin/python to 3 and that a lot of stuff broke.) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/3 https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-July/127529.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-July/12752...
  - stefantalpalaru 13y ago
    Doesn't look like they did it yet: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default
    - kintamanimatt 13y ago
      Well, when I'm wrong, I'm wrong!

gangster_dave 13y ago

If you're code is still locked to 2.7, what your OS ships with doesn't matter.