web2py is not moving to Python 3. Period. We may have a web3py in the future while still supporting and improving web2py. That is not a priority right now.
On Jul 10, 1:20 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > The concepts you discuss are... one perspective, one sided (even if > important). > > Backward compatibility is (in the big picture) a double-edged sword. > > Yes, Massimo is dedicated to backward compatibility, but Python 3 is not. > Python not being so wed to backward compatibility has it's benefits > (seehttp://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2009/07/01/ep-bruce-eckel.htmlandhttp://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=260578for > example). > > Certainly, from web2py's end, backward compatibility is a goal. How many > people still run Python 1.6 code, without having migrated it forward (can I > see a show of hands?) --- That's my point. When Python 3 moves into the > forefront, you may need to make small changes, but this is not the kinds of > "rewrites" you are talking about, where your clients don't care. This is > "practically backward compatible" in that nothing devastating or earth > shaking takes place. > > This is probably the same approach to expect here. Backward compatibility > is a goal... But you are not encouraged to use T2 (anymore); there are > better ways now. Yes, it will still run. And DAL will change, for the > better. ... and so on. > > The point is to "keep making sense" - consider the client, the developer, > AND forward progress, and strike that balance of concerns. (That, after > all, is what intentional design is - consider the involved parties, and > balancing concerns). > > - Yarko > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM, viniciusban <vinicius...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 10, 12:29 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > OK. check out web2py.com, the second item after the slides. > > > Nice! > > And so quick. :-) > > > -- > > [ ]s > > Vinicius Assef. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
