[Python-Dev] Mercurial migration: progress report (PEP 385)

[Brett Cannon]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 01:55, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> Brett Cannon wrote:
>
>     I would very much like the 'k' dropped from the py3 name. It was a
>>    funny joke when py3 was vaporware, now it is excess baggage which
>>    only puzzles non-insiders and newcomers.
>>
>>
>> Is it really that confusing? I have never heard of anyone asking "what is
>> py3k?"
>>
>
> Do you read python-list?


No as it would take up so much of my Python time I wouldn't be able to code
anymore.


> It has been asked. Also, some people seem to think that py3k is different
> from python 3.
>

Well, I still would not like to lose the py3k label. But if we do I still
say 2.x/3.x instead of py2/py3.

-Brett



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