Thanks, Thomas. I have just branched v5.x and made the changes to only
support Python 3.5+ as well as ensure that sys.path is consistent on all
platforms.

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm no longer using cx_Freeze, so my opinion isn't that important, but I
> think this is a reasonable approach - things do seem to be slowly moving
> towards Python 3, and as you say, cx_Freeze 5.x will still be available for
> people who want to use it for Python 2.
>
> I'm planning a similar move for Pynsist 2.0 to reduce the number of
> different cases it needs to handle.
>
> Thomas
>
> On 30 April 2017 at 04:56, Anthony Tuininga <anthony.tuini...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I am hoping to get your opinion on whether it makes sense to release
>> cx_Freeze 6 as Python 3.5+ only. Python 2.7 is nearing the end of life and
>> more and more people are using Python 3.5+ so it seems a reasonable time to
>> consider this. cx_Freeze 5 would continue to exist for as long as Python
>> 2.7 remains viable.
>>
>> One problem in particular that I have been working on solving is the
>> removal of the dependency on the built-in definition of sys.path. This
>> doesn't work on Ubuntu and doesn't work in a virtual environment. The
>> correction doesn't work in Python 2.7 so I was planning on correcting this
>> in cx_Freeze 6 and making it Python 3.5+. Any and all thoughts appreciated.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Anthony
>>
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