I run all of my web2py apps on 2.6 and have never had any problems. web2py will never support python 3.x. For this there will be a fork of web2py created named web3py which will support the python 3.x branch.
Python 3.x goes against everything that web2py stands for (backwards compatibility). However for web3py to even be started other important projects will need to be ported over, important modules such as database drivers come to mind. -Thadeus On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Timothy Farrell <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > web2py runs flawlessly in Python 2.6. I've been running it for several > months. All python code (web2py included) that runs on 2.5 runs on 2.6 as > well. The inverse is not true however. The main purpose of Python 2.6 (and > the upcoming 2.7) is to facilitate code migration to Python 3.x. It serves > as a bridge being as close to compatible with Python 3.x without breaking > 2.5 apps. > > If you run Python 2.6 some standard library modules might issue a warning > about using deprecated features (cgitb comes to mind) but that is about the > only difference you'll see. > > web2py currently has no plans to support 3.x due to its backward compatible > nature. Something will eventually come along but certain standard libraries > are badly broken in 3.x that need fixing before porting a web framework is > really plausible. These items needing fixing are the cgi module and the > email module it depends on. Work is currently underway to fix the email > module. Once that is done, I plan on submitting a patch for the cgi module. > Once these issues are addressed, I predict that Python 3 will become the > web-language of choice due to the possibility of unladen-swallow being > merged in. > > I write my web2py apps in Python 2.6. > > -tim > > On 2/24/2010 6:10 AM, Magnitus wrote: >> >> Ah, I'm browsing through the web manual and found this statement which >> left me with more questions: >> >> "web2py runs with CPython (the C implementation) and/or Jython (the >> Java implementation), versions 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 although "officially" >> only support 2.5 else we cannot guarantee backward compatibility for >> applications. " >> >> So then python 2.6 is supported "unofficially"? >> >> Would it imply that some of the features from 2.6 are not supported or >> that the framework has not been tested as thoroughly on 2.6? >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to web...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@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.
