Martijn Faassen: The Call of Python 2.8

[Ned Batchelder]

On 4/15/14 3:54 PM, Mark H Harris wrote:
> On 4/15/14 2:37 PM, Novocastrian_Nomad wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:32:14 PM UTC-6, Mark H. Harris wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you site the announcement?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/76d43e52d978?utm_content=buffer55d59&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
>>
>>
>
> Thanks, guys.
>
> I am noticing the call to 2.8 from time to time (blogs). All along I
> have been seeing the reluctance to migrate to 3.x as either stubborn or
> lazy; or both.
>
> I don't think so any longer. Seems like the reluctance to migrate stems
> from dependencies. Is there a list of primary dependencies ?
>
> As an example:  Is 'twisted' a dependency? ie., twisted does not support
> 3.x consequently 'I' can't port my stuff to 3.x because 'twisted' isn't
> there yer.  There are others, gevent, maybe. Has anyone taken an
> inventory of dependencies that must support 3.x before other code(s) can
> be ported?  Maybe there could be an on-line questionnaire regarding
> perceived dependencies?

The Python Wall-Of-Shame/Wall-Of-Superpowers shows popular packages, and 
their Python 3 status:  http://python3wos.appspot.com/

>
> marcus


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