[docs] Python2orPython3 sites dormant modules as a reason not to move to Python3
Christian Clauss
cclauss at bluewin.ch
Sun Sep 29 16:38:42 CEST 2013
Also the gevent link should be updated to point to http://gevent.org
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> On Sep 29, 2013, at 16:30, Christian Clauss <cclauss at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3 currently says:
>
> "Popular modules that don't yet support Python 3 include Twisted (for networking and other applications), gevent (like Twisted, but different), and PIL (for processing images)."
>
> But this obscures the reality that gevent and PIL are both dormant. There have been no gevent updates posted to pypi for more than a year. There have been no PIL updates in 4 years and the "friendly" fork named "Pillow" does support both Python 2 and 3 with similar or improved functionality. The Twisted community has work to do to but is already on a path to Python 3 compatibility. Pillow: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.1.0
>
> Python2or3 also says:
> "For creating GUI applications Python 3 [...] has been supported by PyQt4 almost from the day Python 3 was released."
>
> This will push potential users to the older PyQT4 instead of the more modern PyQT5.
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyQt5/5.0.1
>
> Thanks for listening! CCC
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