On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Max Countryman <m...@me.com> wrote: > First, thank you for the link, it's good to read a more fleshed out > perspective. > >> Of course, your own python scripts will need to point at /usr/bin/python2. >> However, by doing this you may run into portability issues across distros. >> There does not appear to be an easy solution for that at the moment. It >> seems that while most (all?) distributions include a /usr/bin/python3 link >> to their python3.xbinary, none do the same thing for python2.x. Either >> create your own symlink in your path for those distros or even better file a >> bug with them asking for such a symlink. They are going to need one in the >> future… > > This definitely complicates development. While I appreciate being on the > bleeding edge, in some cases it may not always be desirable.
in most cases you can probably do whats needed to get <insert here> to just use python2 instead. i'm a developer by profession... and this whole thing is pretty disruptive to meh w3rk flow... but hey, we wouldn't be here if we didn't expect these things, right? :-) > Is Python 3 truly ready for primetime? I have read that some libraries are > not yet ported and that Python 3 is not yet recommended for development > purposes. AFAIK, py3k is the _only_ thing recommended for new development. the 2.x series is frozen; 3.x is the clear path forward... we've all known this for some time, and some of us procrastinated :-) [me]. the current version is 3.1.2... i think it's past the .0 bugs; sluggish libraries have little to do with the interpreter itself. > I'm still not really clear on the rationale for the timing; to put it in > testing makes complete sense. The migration from testing is my only concern > > Lastly, let me also add that the rebuild is very impressive. Congratulations > and thank you for your wonderful efforts! as annoying as this whole thing is to my projects, i understand and support the decision 100%. sooner is always better than later... when our stuff is solid again, other distro's will be dealing with the same thing. it's inevitable, Smith. C Anthony
