On 05/01/2010 16:10, Juan Fernando Herrera J. wrote:

How about a new python 3 release with (possibly partial) backwards compatibility with 2.6? I'm a big 3 fan, but I'm dismayed at the way major software hasn't been ported to it. I'm eager to use 3, but paradoxically, the 3 release makes me rather stuck with 2.6. Excuse me if this has been suggested in the past.
  

I don't know about other developers, but I certainly expected Python 3 adoption to take a few years due to libraries only gradually making the jump. I also expected there to be nervousness and pain around the migration as well.

I think in fact that libraries *are* migrating and there are lots of encouraging signs. As a community we need to do all we can to promote Python 3 adoption, but I don't think there is much reason to be worried (or complacent for that matter).

All the best,

Michael Foord


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