Great, that this finally happens. I think this was a silent revolution, initiated by nagging people, distros and larger companies about how mega-out Python2 is, until they finally started to believe it ;-)
cheers -- Chris [since 2012 on Py3, charging an extra for back-porting] On 03/10/15 01:05, Victor Stinner wrote: > (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/tismer%40stackless.com > -- Christian Tismer :^) tis...@stackless.com Software Consulting : http://www.stackless.com/ Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 121 : https://github.com/PySide 14482 Potsdam : GPG key -> 0xFB7BEE0E phone +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 (30) 700143-0023
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