Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'claimed': 0.07; 'correct.': 0.07; 'sane': 0.09; 'subject:2.7': 0.09; 'vast': 0.09; 'developers,': 0.10; 'python': 0.10; '2.7': 0.13; '(but': 0.15; 'subject: \n ': 0.15; 'already,': 0.16; 'deprecate': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:user': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'subject:project': 0.18; ';-)': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'users,': 0.22; 'code.': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'developers': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'switch': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'installed,': 0.29; 'asked': 0.29; 'subject:/': 0.30; 'useful': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'instead': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'display': 0.37; 'release': 0.37; 'starting': 0.37; 'means': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'decision': 0.61; 'subject:The': 0.61; 'information': 0.63; 'decided': 0.66; 'oss': 0.84; 'subject:survey': 0.84; 'subject:results': 0.91; 'survey,': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=k2IiihmfZgLv8nepfdDzDLRLg5C16e7ll3YMQLKVu48=; b=dkILmKrgOn5Nuz+B0v+2/kDd8HakJXmhBEbsLplarNVPGWMi0jnnKDHR5ltYQKTpbQ kA7/cApfNjXoMB6z0F07NaV1uh8FKZ+h6J8kaFlY1RioTa2+QICTV8PAt01ymWB1KphK zrcaF5+f3hTLIWAtYNtR+Na0enC0z/UikCP1HlK1hfsuAgDWC+8dTvElQH/DYX3Gxq6L TlopRHXP6dGJDm5rWHv9Woo427dHzUgEP1pjU2lD/QPkzcy7c9CAQudnzlaNQEyNEaI/ eq59pVhIpRx72hUuqJZInarYhwmSbVN7sF4JQ1zvQvEgHfKI7p5e10d9EVE/6H6tqBKF cbwg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.129.85 with SMTP id c82mr9167794vkd.65.1443788034788; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:13:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:13:54 +0200 Subject: Re: The Nikola project is deprecating Python 2.7 (+2.x/3.x user survey results) From: Chris Warrick To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ 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: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1443788043 news.xs4all.nl 23829 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53156 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:97334 On 2 October 2015 at 01:59, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/1/2015 12:26 PM, Chris Warrick wrote: >> >> The Nikola developers decided to deprecate Python 2.7 support. >> Starting with v7.7.2, Nikola will display a warning if Python 2.7 is >> used (but it will still be fully supported). In early 2016, Nikola >> v8.0.0 will come out, and that release will not support Python 2.7 >> officially. > > > How sane ;-) > >> The decision was made on the basis of a user survey, with 138 >> participants. The vast majority of them claimed that they either use >> Python 3 already, or can switch really easily. > > > From the survey and description below, 'using Python 3' means having Pyth= on > 3 installed, not writing Python 3 code. Correct? Correct. We asked about Nikola users, who don=E2=80=99t really have to writ= e any Python code. This is, however, an useful information for OSS developers, who want to know if they can/should target Python 3 instead of Python 2. --=20 Chris Warrick PGP: 5EAAEA16