That is fine unless the Python development team has decide that python3 will
not become python.
Python 2.7.x will be maintained for quite some time. (In excess of four more
years.) Even after it is dropped in the future there's no indication that the
python3 binary is intended to become the py
But is that what Python development has decided?
On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:05, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:03 AM, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
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>> i like the python2.7, python2, python3.1, python3, etc, scheme... i
>> think this makes it very easy for developers to select
the post on
HN are excellent and illustrate clearly both sides.
On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:52, Hilton Medeiros wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:31:17 + (UTC)
> Mithrandir wrote:
>
>> Max Countryman me.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>>> I failed to find a
Oh is there another thread on this list? My apologies if so! I just joined
earlier yesterday. :)
On Oct 20, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Mithrandir wrote:
> Ha ha! We posted at virtually the same time! (Or not...) :D
Apologies, link cut in original quote:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-February/011910.html
On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Max Countryman wrote:
>> I failed to find a reference, but I seem to remember the Python team
>> deciding at some point that they intended to k
> I failed to find a reference, but I seem to remember the Python team deciding
> at some point that they intended to keep the name "python" for the Python 2.X
> binaries perpetually, and require Python 3.X to be invoked as "python3". Arch
> might be alone in making this change, and inconsistent
> 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 ne
you for your wonderful efforts!
On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Andrea Scarpino wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 October 2010 01:47:20 Max Countryman wrote:
>> I'm curious what the rationale is behind changing the default to Python 3?
>>
>> My understanding is that many libraries a
I'm curious what the rationale is behind changing the default to Python 3?
My understanding is that many libraries are not yet available on Python 3. As a
developer, this could make life difficult.
Regards,
Max Countryman
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