[meta-sig] SIG discussing future, Python 2.0
Jeremy Hylton
jeremy@cnri.reston.va.us
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:18:46 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> "GH" == Gerrit Holl <gerrit@nl.linux.org> writes:
GH> Hello, what about creating a future-sig or a 2.0-sig? Because
GH> 2.0 will be incompatible, many things can be changed - do you
GH> think it will be meaningful to create a sig for this subject?
GH> A thing I'd like to discuss: ''.find returns -1 if it doesn't
GH> find a certain string - None would be more clear, in my
GH> opinion. This, and much more, could be discussed in such a SIG.
GH> What do you think?
GH> The retire date would be the date of the 2.0 release or feature
GH> freeze - unknown dus.
Well the name we've been using is "Python 3000" or Py3K <0.7 wink>,
but that's not really important.
The discussion for this can take place on python-dev. I don't think
there's any need for a sig. Furthermore, the substantial overlap
between such a sig and python-dev would cause trouble.
Jeremy