Re: Why Python 3?

Date	2014-04-20 07:46 -0600
From	Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Subject	Re: Why Python 3?
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On 04/20/2014 02:47 AM, Ian Foote wrote:
>> Depends on what OS you want to be running on.  I don't know of any 
>> currently-supported Enterprise distributions (long-term support)
>> that ship with Python 3.4.
> 
> I don't know if you'd count it as an "Enterprise" distribution, but
> ubuntu 14.04 (LTS) ships with python 3.4 (and 2.7).

And I hope RHEL 7 will also ship Python 3.3 or 3.4 when it's finished.
Of course if it does, it will be stuck with that version for the next
5-10 years. But that's the nature of software in this space.

I say this as I work on a server that's running RHEL 5 still.  :)

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