On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:42 AM, Thomas Güttler <guettliml@thomas-guettler.de
wrote:
Am 04.06.2016 um 10:27 schrieb Neil Schemenauer:
I can't understand why people don't see we have a problem.
Imagine you are father of a three years old boy. Some stranger tells you: "your kid is ugly!"
Just in case you didn't realize this can be turned around too, that's exactly how it feels to *me* when people complain about Python 3.
How does the average man react? Some get sad, some get angry.
Only very few would ask: Why do you think my kid is ugly?
I am not married with Python. Up to now I see no alternative for me, but I guess sooner or later I will switch to a different language.
I see only few benefits from porting my code to Python3. I will use Python2 at least for the next 12 months.
That sounds like a threat (or another underhanded insult), but it's really up to you. You have until 2020, and in fact after that date Python 2 won't suddenly implode -- but none of the Python core devs who currently still keep 2.7 alive will help you maintain it. Of course it's open source so you are free to fork it any time. Just give your fork a distinctive name so potential users aren't confused about what they'll be getting and where they'd have to go for support. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)