[Python-Dev] docs.python.org pointing to Python 3 by default?

[Guido van Rossum]

I suggest that we add a separate (virtual) subdomain, e.g. docs3.python.org.

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On May 18, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
>
> At what point should we cut over docs.python.org to point to the Python 3
> documentation by default?  Wouldn't this be an easy bit to flip in order to
> promote Python 3 more better?
>
>
> My experience teaching and consulting suggests that this would be a bad
> move.
> People are using Python2.7 and are going to docs.python.org for information.
> This would only disrupt their experience.
>
> It wouldn't "promote" anything, it would just make accessing the
> documentation
> more awkward for the large majority of users who are still on Python 2.
>
> When there is more uptake of Python 3, it would be reasonable move.
> If it is done now, it will just create confusion and provide no benefit.
>
>
> Raymond
>
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