[Python-Dev] Fwd: Python 2.x and 3.x usage survey

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 31.12.13 11:04, schrieb Steven D'Aprano:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 08:16:33AM +0100, Lennart Regebro wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So far the results are looking good for 3.x.
>>
>> Python-dev probably is a bit special.
> 
> Why? Most Python-Dev people have day jobs, and the version of Python 
> that they use in their day job is subject to exactly the same outside 
> pressures as everyone else ("RedHat ships with Python 2.6, so that's the 
> version we're using").

Yes and no. I answered "more 2.x" to that question because my current
projects have dependencies (Twisted in particular); however, I also
answered that I ported code - which actually wasn't my own, and I ported
it only to promote Python 3.

Regards,
Martin