[Python-Dev] #Python3 ! ? (was Python Library Support in 3.x)

[Terry Reedy]

After reading the discussion in the previous thread, signed in to 
#python and verified that the intro message starts with a lie about 
python3. I also verified that the official #python site links to "Python 
Commandment Don't use Python 3… yet". The excuse that the negative 
commandment site is not part of the official site is does not wash. The 
#python site maintainer choose that as the authoritative word on the 
topic "On using Python 2.x or Python 3.x".

Since a fair, half-intelligent person would know that the usability of 
Python3 depends on the user, this all strikes as conscious sabotage.

To me, this, along with other reports, is really ugly. I do not wish to 
fight such people; but I would rather ask python3 questions in a pro- 
rather than anti-python3 atmosphere. #python is certainly not a place 
that I would refer new people to.

Given that the 'owners' of #python have been asked and refuse to remove 
their negative-opinion-stated-as-leading-headline-fact, it seems to me 
that we need a separate #python3 channel. The topic could be "Welcome to 
discussion of Python3, the latest, greated version of Python." The first 
link might be to the current stable Python3 docs. Hence the '!' in the 
subject line.

HoweverI have very little experience with IRC and consequently have 
little idea what getting a permanent, owned, channel like #python 
entails. Hence the '?' that follows.

What do others think?