[pypy-dev] Python 2 vs Python 3 again, and a 2.x-only dependency

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

Hi Ryan

RPython has no plans to move to python3. There are no dependencies
that we can't vendor that will become a problem. We expect Python2 to
be available (and pypy stepping in if necessary) for a long time in
the future.

The reason is very prosaic - it's a lot of work for absolutely no
reward. It has nothing to do with a vision and opinions etc. The only
win we would have is that we can then drop support for having Python 2
interpreter. But we're not going to do that! Vast majority of PyPy
users use Python 2 and it might stay that way for quite some time.

Best,
Maciej Fijalkowski

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 5:09 AM Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I mean once Python 2 is EOL requiring it for bootstrap might not be as practical, and PyPy requiring itself to bootstrap would be doable but a bit trickier.
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> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 3:35 AM William ML Leslie <william.leslie.ttg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue., 16 Jul. 2019, 2:34 pm Ryan Gonzalez, <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I'm actually largely wondering if RPython is going to eventually move to 3...
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>> Significant effort, for what benefit exactly?
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