FWIW, I'm pretty pessimistic about Python 3 at this point. Python 2 seems to be "good enough" for most people.
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Kent Tenney <kten...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently tried to switch to v3, as I remember, I was thwarted > by problems having to do with PyQT in a virtualenv. > > I currently run Leo in a virtualenv, I think I linked to system > files to make PyQT work, but I don't remember how I did it. > > So, I'd like a virtualenv with 3.x Python to run Leo from, but > since 'pip install PyQT' doesn't work, I gave up. > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I would like to have most (all?) Leo developers develop and test using > 3.x. > > Would that be a problem for anyone? > > > > Guido has stated that there will be no version 2.8 of Python: > > http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/ (Hahaha: Pep 404) > > although some disagree: > > http://blog.startifact.com/posts/the-call-of-python-28.html > > Considering that Guido is the BDFL, I rate the odds of Python 2.8 at less > > that 1%. > > > > I expect to see people using Python 2.x for a long time, but Python 3.x > > should be available for anyone who wants it, and not just on > PythonAnywhere. > > > > Afaik, it is now possible to develop Leo using Python 3K exclusively. In > > particular, Python 3.4 supports pip, a big step forward. For example, > the > > following work:: > > > > pip install docutils > > pip install pylint > > pip install sphinx > > > > But pip does not appear able to install pyqt (I may be mistaken). > > > > Anyway, docutils, pylint and sphinx work fine (on Windows) with Python > 3K. > > > > Your comments, please. > > > > Edward > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "leo-editor" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
