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
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
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.
Note: the current development version is Fedo
(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 Pyt
On Oct 03, 2015, at 01:05 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:
>Ubuntu is also working on a similar change. I don't know when it will happen.
For the desktop, we're aiming for 16.04 LTS.
Cheers,
-Barry
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On 3 October 2015 at 09:57, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Oct 03, 2015, at 01:05 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:
>
>>Ubuntu is also working on a similar change. I don't know when it will happen.
>
> For the desktop, we're aiming for 16.04 LTS.
So close! Out of curiousity, I dug up the original Arch announce
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 01:0
On 4 October 2015 at 03:49, Christian Tismer wrote:
> 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 ;-)
While that was part of it (at