[Python-ideas] Create Python 2.8 as a transition step to Python 3.x

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Sun Jan 19 15:22:38 CET 2014


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Neil Schemenauer
<nas-python at arctrix.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-19, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> [Neil]
>> > - if people install this new version of Python as the default, old
>> >   scripts and programs will break. [...]
>>
>> - It gives people an excuse to avoid migrating, and as sure as the sun
>> rises in the east, will lead to people calling for Python 2.9 a few
>> years from now.
>
> That would be progress though.  My proposed 2.8 would have most of
> the incompatible changes from 3.x so if people port it they will be
> much closer to 3.x.

I still haven't seen any evidence that porting half-way and then
half-way again later is going to be less work than just biting the
bullet and porting to 3.x (either sooner or later, whichever is more
convenient).

ChrisA


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