Noob question on 2 vs 3 Python releases

[Anssi Saari]

Franck Ditter <franck at ditter.org> writes:

> Pardon my noobness (?) but why is there a 2.x and 3.x development
> teams working concurrently in Python ?

Well, Python 2.7 is the last major 2.x release, only bugfixes are done
for it, like the 2.7.1 release. Actual developement is in the 3.x
branch now. 

> Which one should I choose to start with, to cope with
> the future ?

I started with a good book covering both. The basics are mostly the
same anyways.