Support for python 3 is good. breaking python 2.7 which is very not dead yet is not so good
From: [email protected] At: Nov 25 2015 21:07:01 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Scons-dev] Would requiring Python 2.7.4 or above be a problem for future release? On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 11:36 +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: > My opinion that Python 3 is a trap. Before going this way and > breaking > stuff, just > try to port anything to this language to see for yourself. Mercurial > is still Python 2 > and many other tools. > Python 3 is the future not a trap. Mercurial made a design decision that they are choosing not to change and are sticking with Python 2 to avoid what is claimed to be vast amounts of work. Mercurial is a Python outlier, not a mainstream application. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ Scons-dev mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev
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