But the switch is happening, existing libraries are being ported, new code is leveraging Python 3 benefits ...
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Ville M. Vainio <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, I'm pretty pessimistic about Python 3 at this point. Python 2 seems to > be "good enough" for most people. > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I recently tried to switch to v3, as I remember, I was thwarted >> by problems having to do with PyQT in a virtualenv. >> >> I currently run Leo in a virtualenv, I think I linked to system >> files to make PyQT work, but I don't remember how I did it. >> >> So, I'd like a virtualenv with 3.x Python to run Leo from, but >> since 'pip install PyQT' doesn't work, I gave up. >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I would like to have most (all?) Leo developers develop and test using >> > 3.x. >> > Would that be a problem for anyone? >> > >> > Guido has stated that there will be no version 2.8 of Python: >> > http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/ (Hahaha: Pep 404) >> > although some disagree: >> > http://blog.startifact.com/posts/the-call-of-python-28.html >> > Considering that Guido is the BDFL, I rate the odds of Python 2.8 at >> > less >> > that 1%. >> > >> > I expect to see people using Python 2.x for a long time, but Python 3.x >> > should be available for anyone who wants it, and not just on >> > PythonAnywhere. >> > >> > Afaik, it is now possible to develop Leo using Python 3K exclusively. >> > In >> > particular, Python 3.4 supports pip, a big step forward. For example, >> > the >> > following work:: >> > >> > pip install docutils >> > pip install pylint >> > pip install sphinx >> > >> > But pip does not appear able to install pyqt (I may be mistaken). >> > >> > Anyway, docutils, pylint and sphinx work fine (on Windows) with Python >> > 3K. >> > >> > Your comments, please. >> > >> > Edward >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "leo-editor" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
