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On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 9:13 PM, Leam Hall <leamh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/03/2017 10:06 AM, David Rock wrote: > >> >> On Sep 3, 2017, at 08:55, Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote: >>> >>> On 09/03/2017 04:02 AM, Leam Hall wrote: >>> >>> Anyone that uses python on Linux has to use Python 2. >>>> >>> >>> Every current distro I know of has a python 3 package, plus lots and >>> lots of add-ons in python 3 mode. It's quite easy to use python 3 as a >>> result... and if that doesn't work you can install your own to your >>> workspace (rather than as a "system package") just as easily. >>> >> >> While a bit anecdotal, the complaint is valid. Red Hat does not support >> Python 3 in their base installation on RHEL and the only way to get it >> “officially” (i.e., directly from Red hat) is through Software Collections, >> which is a bit cumbersome to use and not available in all cases. There are >> a lot of places (including where I work) that frown heavily on using >> packages that aren’t from the base repositories from the OS maintainers. >> >> Installing into “your own workspace” isn’t so easy when you are talking >> about 2000 servers, either. In order for me to write code that I know will >> work across all the servers, I have to use python 2 because I know it will >> be there. I can’t say the same thing about python 3, and that’s not >> something I’m likely to be able to fix within the bounds of company >> procedures. >> >> So while the original statement is obviously false, the heart of why it >> was said is functionally true. >> > > Sorry; there's a significant gap between what I wrote and what I meant. My > fault. > > If you use the OS system's Python then you're using Python 2. That will > continue for the next five or more years. I'm in the same boat as David; > installing Python 3 is a non-starter. That's not the case for a lot of > folks, but if I'm going to write something there's a high probability that > Python 3 won't be on the target machine. > > While I prefer 2 over 3, if I went in to work and everything was magically > Python 3 based I wouldn't whine. Much. > > Sorry for the miscommunication earlier. > > Leam > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
