Terry Reedy wrote: > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >> "Martin v. Löwis" writes: >> > > It might also be a good idea to take the download link off the front >> > > page of python.org: until that happens newbies are going to keep >> coming >> > > along and downloading it "because it's the newest". > > By that logic, I would suggest removing 2.6 ;-) > See below. > >> > > It was (and probably still is) Guido's position that 3.0 *is* the >> > version that newbies should be using. >> >> Indeed. See Terry Reedy's post. > > When people ask on c.l.p, I recommend either 3.0 for the relative > cleanliness or 2.5 (until now, at least) for the 3rd-party add-on > availability (that will gradually improve for both 2.6 and more slowly, > for 3.x). I expect that some newbies would find 2.6 a somewhat > confusing mix of old and new. > Fair point. At least we both agree that the current site doesn't best serve the punters.
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