Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1388680091 19353 64.122.56.22 (2 Jan 2014 16:28:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:28:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62978 On 2013-12-27, Travis McGee 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. :) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! This ASEXUAL PIG at really BOILS my BLOOD gmail.com ... He's so ... so ... URGENT!!