[Python-Dev] Language Summit notes

[Donald Stufft]

On Apr 18, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:04:10 +0000
> Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 2.       Feature enhancement to 2.8.  Take a robust and popular version of python and add some of the language goodies that have been added to 3.x and that don’t have an inherent 3.x aspect.  Yield from.  New exception model.  Stdlib enhancements such as futures.   The argument goes like this:  We have a very popular platform out there with lots of momentum.  People want incremental enhancements to it.  Why not give them what they want?  Bread and games and all that?  A Rockband cannot stay cooped up in a studio producing experimental concept albums all the time.  That is death.  Sometimes it needs to go on tour and play old hits for the fans!
> 
> I don't think we have recent download numbers since the Website
> overhaul (do we?), but Python 3 isn't an "experimental concept
> language" anymore (it hasn't been since 3.3 or 3.2, I'd say).
> 
> Regards
> 
> Antoine.
> 
> 
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Fastly logs are stored in Dreamhost so we could make those numbers if they aren’t already available.

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