+1 to the question. Why can't it be that way? On 2011-08-17, at 2:30 PM, Miquel Torres wrote:
> @Armin >> This would remain as a branch for the foreseeable future though, >> because we still need a Python 2 interpreter, if only to run our own >> translation toolchain on (and not suffer the 2.5x slow-down of running >> it on CPython 2.x). > I don't quite follow. Switching to Python 3 (I am not saying that > would be a good idea, just clarifying) and release as, let's say, PyPy > 2.0, doesn't mean that the impending 1.6 release would go away. Python > 3 users would use PyPy 2.0+, while users of Python 2.7 would use PyPy > 1.6. You would still be able to compile PyPy and its Python 2.7 > toolchain with PyPy 1.6, thus getting the 2.5x speed up. > > Python 2.7 users would only miss on newer, faster PyPy releases, which > is not the black and white picture some where describing. The only > condition needed for this scenario to come about are continued > availability of PyPy 1.6 packages and important bug fixes. > > That said, 1.6 is probably not the right point for Python 2.x > end-of-line, but maybe after 1.7 things will look differently... > > Cheers, > Miquel > > > 2011/8/17 Brian Bouterse <bmbou...@gmail.com>: >> I'm assuming it was a joke. >> A huge amount of people today and likely over the next few years will >> continue to rely on python 2.x where x (6,7). Let's not downplay the >> importance of PyPy supporting those communities. I agree with you >> Jean-Paul, Python 2 support in PyPy harms nothing. >> Brian >> >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:04 AM, <exar...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 02:54 am, yselivanov...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, but that is kind of a weak argument, since the situation with python >>>> 3 changes quickly. More and more libraries are being ported each month. >>>> Supporting python 2 obviously just harms the python ecosystem, as nobody >>>> interested in having two languages ;) >>> >>> I don't understand what the wink is for. Hopefully it means that's just a >>> joke? Because that's what it sounds like - support for Python 2 in PyPy >>> harms nothing. >>> >>> Jean-Paul >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pypy-dev mailing list >>> pypy-dev@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> Brian Bouterse >> ITng Services >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pypy-dev mailing list >> pypy-dev@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev