I answered your actual question, in your original post, separately. But
by posting here, and continuing to respond, you implicitly invited
extended discussion with questions and opinions.
On 3/26/2021 11:15 PM, pyt...@blackward.eu wrote:
in response to Chris Angelico, a long-time python-list discussant who
has some strong opinions, especially with regard to 2.x versus 3.x:
No, I am not encouraging, I am just offering the possibility.
By only offering 2.7, you could be construed to be encouraging. You
must know that you are stepping into a long-term debate. Your other
comments suggests that you are not neutral.
...
It might be a good thing to recommend people to switch to Python 3.*, it
might be a bad idea to FORCE people to do so by taking away the
possibility to install Python 2.7.*;
The there is *obviously* no intention to take away that possibility.
The download pages have everything available, all the way back to the
original 0.9 sources. The latter was recently added. So suggesting
that the website might 'censor' 2.7 is a kind unfair.
If I am right,
This implies doubt.
the Python 2.7.* installers still are provided on the
python.org website.
Along with Windows installers back to 1.5.2.
So long as this is done, I cannot see a reason not
to list a 'distribution' using Python 2.7.* in said list, right?
Would you say the same for a 'distribution' using 2.0.1, or 1.5.2?
But, in the end, this naturally is not my decision.
AFAIK, none of the website maintainers post on this list.
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