the Gravity of Python 2

[Pedro Larroy]

I think for new projects one should go with 3.x this is the right thing to
do. If you require a module that's 2.x only it's easy enough to port it
unless it depends on some monster like protobuf which doesn't have
python3.x support


Pedro.


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> On 08/01/2014 14:15, Roy Smith wrote:
>
>> As somebody who is still firmly in the 2.x world, I'm worried about the
>> idea of a 2.x fork.  While I have my doubts that 3.x was a good idea,
>> the fact is, it's here.  Having the community fractured between the two
>> camps is not good.  Let's say I'm somebody who wants to contribute some
>> OSS.  I have three basic choices:
>>
>> 1) I can make it 3.x only.  Now, (nominally) half of the python
>> community is unable to realize value from my contribution.
>>
>> 2) I can make it 2.x only.  Same thing in reverse.
>>
>> 3) I can make it work on both 2.x and 3.x, which means I'm investing
>> more effort than I had to if it were single platform.
>>
>> Any of those alternatives is worse than ideal.  Forking 2.x to create an
>> unofficial 2.8 release would just prolong the situation.  As I've stated
>> before, I don't see any urgency in moving to 3.x, and don't imagine
>> doing there for another couple of years, but I absolutely can't imagine
>> moving to a 2.8 fork.
>>
>>
> The above strikes me as common sense.  Surely that's out of place on this
> list? :)
>
> But to be serious why not stick with 2.x if there's no compelling reason
> to move?  Whatever happened to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"?  And
> before anyone says anything please don't start on about the bytes versus
> string debate, I'm fairly certain that there are a substantial number of
> application areas that don't run into these problems.
>
>
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> My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what
> you can do for our language.
>
> Mark Lawrence
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