Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.060 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.88; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'adopted': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '(ubuntu': 0.16; 'release:': 0.16; 'subject:ever': 0.16; 'bit': 0.19; 'this?': 0.23; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; '2.x': 0.24; 'certainly': 0.24; 'switch': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; '3.x': 0.31; 'default,': 0.31; 'fedora': 0.31; 'libraries': 0.31; 'linux': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'programmers': 0.33; 'updated': 0.34; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'impression': 0.36; 'view,': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'starting': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'even': 0.60; 'advanced': 0.63; 'decided': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'bothered': 0.68; 'subjectcharset:utf-8': 0.72; 'doubts': 0.84 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:36:17 +0100 From: ishish To: Subject: Re: Will Python 3.x ever become the actual =?UTF-8?Q?standard=3F?= In-Reply-To: <526920c7$0$2268$426a74cc@news.free.fr> References: <6e0bbc6b-9435-4a4b-8840-8a46cc4e0cc5@googlegroups.com> <526920c7$0$2268$426a74cc@news.free.fr> X-Sender: ishish@domhain.de User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.7.1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382621785 news.xs4all.nl 15939 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51838 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57454 Am 24.10.2013 14:29, schrieb Damien Wyart: >> I am starting to have doubts as to whether Python 3.x will ever be >> actually adopted by the Python community at large as their standard. >> Years have passed, and a LARGE number of Python programmers has not >> even bothered learning version 3.x. Why am I bothered by this? >> Because >> of lot of good libraries are still only for version 2.x, and there >> is >> no sign of their being updated for v3.x. I get the impression as if >> 3.x, despite being better and more advanced than 2.x from the >> technical point of view, is a bit of a letdown in terms of adoption. > > Some Linux distributions will certainly switch to Python 3 by > default, > sooner or later. Fedora has decided to do so for their 22 release: > http://lwn.net/Articles/571528/ > > -- > DW Saucy Salamander (Ubuntu 13.10, released oct 17th) comes with Python 3.3.