[IronPython] IronPython Post 2.0 Roadmap

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Fri Jul 18 17:51:51 CEST 2008


Curt Hagenlocher wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>   
>> One question. When IronPython 3 is started, targeting CPython 3.0, will you actively
>> maintain IronPython 2 and IronPython 3 in parallel?
>>     
>
> I think it's fair to say that this will be driven mostly by the needs
> of our community and of the larger Python community.  By the time
> IronPython 3.0 ships, it's likely that CPython 3.0 will have been out
> for a year or even longer, and we'll have a much better idea of what
> the uptake is like in the community.
>   

Great - thanks. That sounds reasonable. :-)

There is a fair possibility that the 'community' will prefer Python 2 
for several years (3-4 guesstimate).

Michael

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