[Python-Dev] Python 3.0.1

[Steve Holden]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> "Martin v. Löwis" writes:
>>  > > It might also be a good idea to take the download link off the front
>>  > > page of python.org: until that happens newbies are going to keep
>> coming
>>  > > along and downloading it "because it's the newest".
> 
> By that logic, I would suggest removing 2.6 ;-)
> See below.
> 
>>  >  > It was (and probably still is) Guido's position that 3.0 *is* the
>>  > version that newbies should be using.
>>
>> Indeed.  See Terry Reedy's post.
> 
> When people ask on c.l.p, I recommend either 3.0 for the relative
> cleanliness or 2.5 (until now, at least) for the 3rd-party add-on
> availability (that will gradually improve for both 2.6 and more slowly,
> for 3.x).  I expect that some newbies would find 2.6 a somewhat
> confusing mix of old and new.
> 
Fair point. At least we both agree that the current site doesn't best
serve the punters.

regards
 Steve
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