Python 2 to 3 conversion - embrace the pain

[Mario Figueiredo]

On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:42:42 +1100, Ben Finney
<ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:

>Mario Figueiredo <marfig at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:02:38 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >Imagine you need a PostgreSQL database for your Python application -
>> >which also means you need psycopg2, of course. How do you go about
>> >writing installation instructions?
>> >
>> >* WINDOWS *
>> >1) Install the latest Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
>> >2) Install the appropriate version of psycopg2 from
>> >http://www.stickpeople.com/projects/python/win-psycopg/
>> >3) Install the latest PostgreSQL from
>> >http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/
>> >4) Install my program from blah blah blah
>> >
>>
>> Are you saying this is a problem for any developer?
>
>Yes. They need to write installation instructions, and the more complex
>those instructions are the fewer prospective users will bother.
>

The prospective users in this context are software developers. If
software developers can't understand instructions and can't be
bothered following linear procedures, they cannot write good code.