Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder5.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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 0.012 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'example:': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'guys.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'perceived': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'twisted': 0.16; 'url:appspot': 0.16; 'url:peps': 0.16; 'thanks,': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'seems': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'received:comcast.net': 0.24; '15,': 0.26; 'primary': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'along': 0.30; '3.x': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'stuff': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'shows': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'on-line': 0.38; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'either': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'subject:The': 0.64; 'url:facebook': 0.67; 'status:': 0.68; 'skip:w 30': 0.69; 'url:utm_campaign': 0.74; 'url:utm_medium': 0.74; 'url:utm_source': 0.78; '2.8': 0.84; 'consequently': 0.84; 'url:rev': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ned Batchelder Subject: Re: Martijn Faassen: The Call of Python 2.8 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:03:55 -0400 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-50-133-228-126.hsd1.ma.comcast.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 In-Reply-To: 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: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1397595854 news.xs4all.nl 2930 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33978 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70298 On 4/15/14 3:54 PM, Mark H Harris wrote: > On 4/15/14 2:37 PM, Novocastrian_Nomad wrote: >> On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:32:14 PM UTC-6, Mark H. Harris wrote: >>> >>> Can you site the announcement? >>> >>> Thanks >> >> http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/76d43e52d978?utm_content=buffer55d59&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer >> >> > > Thanks, guys. > > I am noticing the call to 2.8 from time to time (blogs). All along I > have been seeing the reluctance to migrate to 3.x as either stubborn or > lazy; or both. > > I don't think so any longer. Seems like the reluctance to migrate stems > from dependencies. Is there a list of primary dependencies ? > > As an example: Is 'twisted' a dependency? ie., twisted does not support > 3.x consequently 'I' can't port my stuff to 3.x because 'twisted' isn't > there yer. There are others, gevent, maybe. Has anyone taken an > inventory of dependencies that must support 3.x before other code(s) can > be ported? Maybe there could be an on-line questionnaire regarding > perceived dependencies? The Python Wall-Of-Shame/Wall-Of-Superpowers shows popular packages, and their Python 3 status: http://python3wos.appspot.com/ > > marcus -- Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com