Re: [pydotorg-www] python2 EoL wiki "Python2orPython3"

[Steve Holden]

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 12:15 AM Mats Wichmann  wrote:

> On 5/21/19 4:00 PM, Steve Holden wrote:
>
> > My own personal preference would be to wave a respectful goodbye to 2.7
> > from the (Python core) developer community, with encouragement to all
> > who aspire to the open source ethic to continue to breathe life into
> > those bits that remain useful. Probably the same question should be
> > debated within the PSF more broadly, since the Foundation might well be
> > prepared to act as a continued conduit for support to the Python 2
> > community.
> >
> > The main thrust should definitely be "only if you absolutely have to,
> > for well-defined reasons
> [...]
>
> In My So Vey Humble Opinion, any efforts to keep pages current are
> better than waiting around to get lots of people to agree minute details
> and as a result things staying stale... stale being always a wiki risk
> anyways.
>
> True, that. I was probably exercising An Abundance of Caution given that
the 2 to 3 transition has been known to excite people's sensibilities.
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Re: [pydotorg-www] python2 EoL wiki "Python2orPython3"

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 21.05.2019 21:19, Matt Callaghan wrote:
> Thanks Chris - and I completely agree with your point.
> 
> What is the community's preference to that consideration?
> 
> The simplest solution I see is to add a "top header / block" that says
> the summary of:
> "It is Python3 going forward, officially as of Jan2020. This page is
> largely out of date, but kept for historical reference as it provides
> value for maintaining legacy Python2 systems."

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> -Original Message-
> *From*: Chris Angelico  >
> *To*: Matt Callaghan  >
> *Cc*: pydotorg-www@python.org  >
> *Subject*: Re: [pydotorg-www] python2 EoL wiki "Python2orPython3"
> *Date*: Wed, 22 May 2019 04:48:06 +1000
> 
> On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:44 AM Matt Callaghan
> 
>  > wrote:
> 
> 
> Good day,
> 
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
> 
> We may want to edit this page: https://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3
> 
> 
> To denote the reality of: https://pythonclock.org/
> 
> (Jan2020 Python2 EoL)
> 
> 
> 
> I'd be happy to give you editing access to make this sort of change
> 
> yourself. Be aware that doing so may shift the tone of the entire
> 
> page, from "well, Py3 is preferred long-term option, but Py2 is still
> 
> pretty reasonable" to "Py3 is basically the only viable option for
> 
> anything beyond the near future". That will probably necessitate other
> 
> edits.
> 
> 
> ChrisA
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