----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda <bkab...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to start a discussion about the release where we should > > switch to Python 3. As I have learned recently, Ubuntu 12.10 will > > have Python 3 as default [1], which makes me a sad panda :( > > We always take pride in being close to upstream and having the > > bleeding edge. Python 3 is stable and more and more libraries > > support it. So I'd like to propose an idea to switch to Python 3 > > for Fedora 19. > > In which a way do you want to switch to python3? > For me, that means any mention of "python" is synonym to "python3", > which leads to the question, what is inside a python-foo package? > The module foo, built for python3? >
As you say, switching means /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3. And yes, that is a very valid point about the naming, I think. > It would be best to rename all python-foo packages, to python2-foo or > python3-foo and don't allow subpackaging of modules, which provide > multiple python versions. And when that's consistent, we can switch > /usr/bin/python to python3. > I agree about the renaming. Having said that, I don't like that the users will need to install python2-foo or python3-foo, not just python-foo. On the other hand, the normal users will just get stuff and update it. The developers using various versions of python might actually appreciate the knowledge of what they are installing. > So how about a "Renaming of all python packages" feature for F19, and > when that's done, switch to python3. When we are fast enough, maybe > also for F19, but F20 or F21 would be more realistic.... > Sounds good to me. > Greetings, > Tom > _______________________________________________ > python-devel mailing list > python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/python-devel -- Regards, Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda. _______________________________________________ python-devel mailing list python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/python-devel
