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No, I am not encouraging, I am just offering the possibility.

Python and its community once was not dogmatic. At least this was my 
impression when I started - after all Python originally had been 
designed to be multi paradigmatic. This spirit of freedom was one mayor 
reason for Python to grow so fast - from my POV.

But freedom is constituted by freedom of choice.

It might be a good thing to recommend people to switch to Python 3.*, it 
might be a bad idea to FORCE people to do so by taking away the 
possibility to install Python 2.7.*; some people tend to react badly 
when infantilised.

If I am right, the Python 2.7.* installers still are provided on the 
python.org website. So long as this is done, I cannot see a reason not 
to list a 'distribution' using Python 2.7.* in said list, right?

By the way, there is more, Blythooon offers beyond what I already have 
written in the last email. Otherwise please name me another comparable 
MINIMAL 'distribution', which is compiled specifically for scientific 
FRONTend development? In terms of diversity I also cannot see, why 
Blythooon MUST have something special to be listed? Is it not enough, 
that it is another one?

But, in the end, this naturally is not my decision.

Cheers, Dominik







On 2021-03-26 22:57, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 7:49 AM <python at blackward.eu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> 
>> 
>> thank you for your interest and thanks for asking.
>> 
>> 
>> Blythooon is notable due to several reasons; let's compare it with 
>> some
>> of the already listed (and thus obviously notable) 'distributions':
>> 
>> 2) winpython seems not to support Python 2.7.* anymore.
>> 
>> Blythooon supports Python 2.7.18.
>> 
> 
> Ah. That is indeed notable, but not in a good way. You are encouraging
> the use of an end-of-life version of Python, and your installer has
> very little to boast beyond that.
> 
> ChrisA