[Python-Dev] PEP 291 versus Python 3

[Brett Cannon]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 07:35, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2010, at 01:09 PM, Michael Foord wrote:
>
>>PEP 291 is very old and should probably be retired. I don't think anyone is
>>maintaining standard libraries in py3k that are also compatible with Python
>>2.anything. (At least not in a single codebase.)
>
> I agree.

Same here; I have purposefully ignored compatibility requirements
because I always found those promises to be extremely annoying and
somewhat painful to enforce.

>  I think we should change the status of PEP 291 to Final, and add a
> few words to make it clear it applies only to Python 2.  Since Neal owns the
> PEP, he should get first crack at doing the update, but I volunteer to make
> those changes if he declines (or does not respond).
>

I will channel Neal: "I decline and/or do not want to respond". =)

> We may eventually need a similar document for Python 3, but it should be a new
> PEP.

I hope not.