[Python-checkins] peps: Clarified the LTS part.
armin.ronacher
python-checkins at python.org
Wed Feb 29 01:59:44 CET 2012
http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/34b15c939876
changeset: 4096:34b15c939876
parent: 4093:247b2760b3b7
user: Armin Ronacher <armin.ronacher at active-4.com>
date: Wed Feb 29 00:59:32 2012 +0000
summary:
Clarified the LTS part.
files:
pep-0414.txt | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pep-0414.txt b/pep-0414.txt
--- a/pep-0414.txt
+++ b/pep-0414.txt
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
An argument against this proposal was made on the Python-Dev mailinglist,
mentioning that Ubuntu LTS will ship Python 3.2 and 2.7 for only 5 years.
The counterargument is that Python 2.7 is currently the Python version of
-choice for users who want LTS support. As it stands, Python 3 is
-currently a bad choice for long-term investments, since the ecosystem is
-not yet properly developed, and libraries are still fighting with their
-API decisions for Python 3.
+choice for users who want LTS support. As it stands, when chosing between
+2.7 and Python 3.2, Python 3 is currently not the best choice for certain
+long-term investments, since the ecosystem is not yet properly developed,
+and libraries are still fighting with their API decisions for Python 3.
A valid point is that this would encourage people to become dependent on
Python 3.3 for their ports. Fortunately that is not a big problem since
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