That would be SL2.8 :-)  We cannot refer to Stackless Python, with
respect to 2.8 unfortunately.

o_O

Cheers,
Richard.

On 1/9/14, Emile van Sebille <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the potential audience is much larger than just the stackless
> crowd.  Lots of v2 users will delay going to v3 but would enjoy some of
> the benefits of backported v3 features, and many may never move forward.
>
> We're already on the path of SLP2.8 -- I'm just suggesting we need not
> be overly concerned with some potential future migration path to py3.x.
>
> Emile
>
>
> On 1/8/2014 4:01 PM, Richard Tew wrote:
>>  From what I've read, most expect to upgrade to 3.x eventually, but
>> have to stick with 2.x for now out of practicality.
>>
>> The work involved in going it alone and taking a 2.x fork in it's own
>> direction, is immense compared to the work involved in piggybacking
>> off the work of the 3.x developers by backporting, and primarily
>> moving a 2.x fork towards 3.x.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Richard.
>>
>> On 1/9/14, Emile van Sebille <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 1/8/2014 12:29 PM, Richard Tew wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think we should approach python-dev and try and get them.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a core developer we can get on board, who we can ask to
>>>> broach the issue for us?  Given there is somewhat of an antipathy for
>>>> 2.8 on the mailing list, and we've provoked it before, it may be best
>>>> if we get one of their team to sponsor the proposal.
>>>>
>>>> Really, what we're doing benefits Python 3.x migration in future, so
>>>> them downvoting it is biting off their own hand to save their foot.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ultimately I see this less of a v2 to v3 migration issue than simply
>>> calling a spade a spade -- we've now got v2 and v3 python languages.
>>> One of which we're trying to keep breathing life into.  And it doesn't
>>> sound like the dev group is on board with there being two pythons (of
>>> their own making no less!)
>>>
>>> Be honest now, how many of us interested in a stackless v2.8 are wanting
>>> to migrate our code base to v3.x?  I'd say none -- otherwise those would
>>> be migrating.
>>>
>>> I'd forgo migration compatibility as an issue and move on to scratching
>>> the itches.  Let's grab the candy from v3 and save the migration battle
>>> for that day that might never come.
>>>
>>> Steven's comment that migration, once the decision is made to do so, is
>>> a one shot deal can help make the decision that providing for a
>>> migration path need not be the motivation.
>>>
>>> Wondering-about-the-status-of-my-v1.6-codebase-ly y'rs,
>>>
>>> Emile
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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