----- Original Message ----- > On 08/03/2012 04:57 PM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to start a discussion about the release where we should > > switch to Python 3. As I have learned recently, Ubuntu 12.10 will > > have Python 3 as default [1], which makes me a sad panda :( > > Just to clarify Ubuntu's Python 3 plans: they're not quite as crazy > as Arch. > > On 12.10, /usr/bin/python will still point to python2.7. The big > change > they're aiming for is that their *installation CDs* will not include > Python 2, only Python 3, which means any Python utilities they > include > with the base OS must be ported to Python 3. > > > We always take pride in being close to upstream and having the > > bleeding edge. Python 3 is stable and more and more libraries > > support it. So I'd like to propose an idea to switch to Python 3 > > for Fedora 19. > > I believe Fedora uses Python for more core OS infrastructure than > Ubuntu > does, so it's a bigger migration challenge. Does anaconda run on > Python > 3? Does yum? >
Well, I believe they don't. But if noone pushes them, they never will. I think that a decision needs to be made when the transition will happen, so that these projects have a time frame, in which they need to adapt to Python 3. > It's that delta of Python applications that Fedora ships as required > components in the base OS, but Ubuntu does not, that will potentially > cause problems. > Sure, it will cause problems. But it will cause them eventually. Fedora 19 may be too soon (personally I think it's not), but we should really start pushing the various projects to actually start doing something about Python 3. > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan > Red Hat Infrastructure Engineering & Development, Brisbane > _______________________________________________ > python-devel mailing list > python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/python-devel -- Regards, Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda. _______________________________________________ python-devel mailing list python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/python-devel
