(grr, again i sent a draft by mistake, sorry about that) Fedora 23 (scheduled for the end of this month) will only come with python3 (/usr/bin/python3), no python2 (nor python), *in the base system*. Obviously, it will be possible to install Python 2 to install applications not compatible with Python 3 yet.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/23/ChangeSet#Python_3_as_the_Default_Implementation https://twitter.com/_solotraveller/status/645559393627435008 Ubuntu is also working on a similar change. I don't know when it will happen. Victor 2015-10-03 0:55 GMT+02:00 Brett Cannon <br...@python.org>: > Thanks for the info, Terry! Glad people are realizing that Python 3 is now > available widely enough that applications can seriously consider dropping > Python 2 support now. I still think 2016 is going to see this happen more > and more once the Linux distros make their switches to Python 3. > > On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 at 15:16 Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: >> >> On python-list, Chris Warrick reported (thread title): >> "The Nikola project is deprecating Python 2.7 (+2.x/3.x user survey >> results)" This is for the November release, with 2.7 dropped in the >> next version next year. (Nikola is a cross-platform unicode-based app >> for building static websites and blogs from user-written templates and >> (marked-up) text files. https://getnikola.com/ ) >> >> Since users do not write code to use Nikola, the survey was about >> installation of Python 3. At present, 1/2 have 3.x only, 1/3 2.x only, >> and 1/6 both. (So much for 'nobody uses 3.x for real work'.) Most of >> the 2.x only people are able and willing to install 3.x. >> >> https://getnikola.com/blog/env-survey-results-and-the-future-of-python-27.html >> >> When Stefan Behnel asked why they did not drop the hard-to-maintain 2.7 >> version once they ported to 3.3, Chris answered >> >> > We did it now because it all started with frustration with 2.7 [0]. >> > Also, doing it back in 2012/2013 would be problematic, because back >> > then not all Linux distros had an easily installable Python 3 stack >> > (and RHEL 7 still doesn’t have one in the default repos) >> > >> > [0]: >> http://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/floss-decision-making-in-action.html >> >> -- >> Terry Jan Reedy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list >> Python-Dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >> Unsubscribe: >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/brett%40python.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/victor.stinner%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com