[Python-Dev] Spreading the Python 3 religion (was Re: PEP 414 - Unicode Literals for Python 3)

[Jesse Noller]

> 
> FWIW, I agree that much of the rhetoric in the current version of PEP
> 414 is excessive.
> 
> Armin has given me permission to create an updated version of PEP 414
> and toning down the hyperbole (or removing it entirely in cases where
> it's irrelevant to the final decision) is one of the things that I
> will be changing. I also plan to add a link to Lennart's guide to the
> various porting strategies that are currently available, more clearly
> articulate the cases where the new approach can most help (i.e. when
> there are project specific reasons to avoid the unicode_literals
> import), as well as name drop Pyramid (Chris McDonough), Flask
> (Armin), Django (Jacob Kaplan-Moss) and requests (Kenneth Reitz) as
> cases where key developers of web-related third party frameworks or
> libraries have indicated that PEP 414 will help greatly with bringing
> the sections of the Python ecosystem they're involved with into the
> Python 3 fold over the next few years.
> 
> My aim is for the end result to better reflect the reasons why Guido
> *accepted* the PEP, moreso than Armin's own reasons for *wanting* it.
> 
Thank you Nick and Armin. I think toning down the rhetoric is a very amicable solution. Let me know if I need to add anything to http://getpython3.com/ (have linked porting guides there too if you want)

jesse