Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.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 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; '3.2': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'python': 0.08; 'sake': 0.09; 'am,': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; '3.2.': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'skipped': 0.16; 'compatible': 0.16; 'tue,': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'received:209.85.210.174': 0.23; 'received:mail- iy0-f174.google.com': 0.23; 'modules': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'comfortable': 0.29; 'compiling': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; "i'd": 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'more': 0.60; 'best': 0.60; 'straight': 0.63; 'yourself': 0.68; 'become': 0.72; 'forward,': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=YMNAG9HrXn92ZB0cSUDImq/el93URS/zhw39Rtdj6OI=; b=q9WviM1raObN8A8F7JxqWeOm35BaHZca+v4w4LLGYY2E7fco7vFUyC3aoGZbnulZhG 6pL1xJ99IcK1TocDUkvXS9hfosyaPHSmpx9+4Gga5JdsqUVK6FWZohtAKzLrBuEvveWS iEHAA+K05D9jpwXmXGf2S8BDQvnEO0DAKVW+A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=JQ5DFKmRXqgav+gRAbJnAlYZGb07Gnvzc11dTfR99d2l+oJ01/HBcyBZycXZ/fNhKz 3OkrFhAwWEmh57Ois3kg88Cr/dVocU/R7xDSD6sMzC4YbEh073BBx5w6uZZhvdI5CG3M Jdu1BBdnHJQRRGyr8EvlyIpHmT1ef+VqxQMoY= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6aec1f7b-e929-4750-bbd2-61488308590d@a7g2000vby.googlegroups.com> References: <9037ef5f-53c5-42c6-ac5d-8f942df6ccc5@x38g2000pri.googlegroups.com> <7qiIp.3540$lW4.2615@newsfe07.iad> <4df1e86b$0$29977$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <6aec1f7b-e929-4750-bbd2-61488308590d@a7g2000vby.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:13:00 +1000 Subject: Re: Python 2.6 OR 3.2 From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 9 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1308006784 news.xs4all.nl 49044 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:56434 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:7572 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:08 AM, SigmundV wrote: > To the OP I'd say: learn Python through 3.2. It's the best way > forward, for the sake of yourself and others. The only way more > modules can become 3k compatible is if more people use 3k. I skipped 3.2 and went straight to 3.3a0 from hg, but that's because I'm comfortable with compiling my own :) ChrisA