Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3?

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On 2013-12-27, Travis McGee <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> The Python.org site says that the future is Python 3, yet whenever I
> try something new in Python, such as Tkinter which I am learning now,
> everything seems to default to Python 2. By this I mean that,
> whenever I find that I need to install another package, it shows up
> as Python 2 unless I explicitly specify Python 3.

That's a function of whatever you're using to "install another package".

I can tell you how to configure Gentoo Linux so that portage/emerge 
always installs Python packages for Python 3, Python 2, or both.

> What's the deal? If I want to make a distributable software package, 
> should it be 2 or 3?

Both. :)

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So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Travis McGee <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-27 00:04 -0500
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-27 00:07 -0500
    Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 16:14 +1100
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Andrew Berg <robotsondrugs@gmail.com> - 2013-12-26 23:20 -0600
    Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-02 16:34 +0000
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-12-26 21:29 -0800
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 11:13 +0530
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 17:00 +1100
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-12-26 22:23 -0800
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 16:21 +0530
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 22:06 +1100
    Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-27 22:34 +1100
      Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 22:46 +1100
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-12-27 07:13 -0500
  Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-01-02 16:28 +0000

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