Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-14 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Eric Snow ericsnowcurren...@gmail.com wrote: If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.7; more existing third party software is compatible with Python 2 than Python 3 right now. Firstly, is this still true? (I wouldn't have a clue.) Nope:

Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Devin Jeanpierre jeanpierr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Eric Snow ericsnowcurren...@gmail.com wrote: If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.7; more existing third party software is compatible with Python 2 than

Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-14 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Devin Jeanpierre writes: Until those numbers hit 100%, or until projects start dropping support for Python 2.x, the statement would still be true. This is simply not true. Once the numbers hit somewhere in the neighborhood of 50%, the network effects (the need to connect to the more

[Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-13 Thread Chris Angelico
The default version shown on http://docs.python.org/ is now 3.3.0, which I think is a Good Thing. However, http://python.org/download/ puts 2.7 first, and says: If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.7; more existing third party software is compatible with Python 2 than

Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-13 Thread Ross Lagerwall
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 07:57:52AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: The default version shown on http://docs.python.org/ is now 3.3.0, which I think is a Good Thing. However, http://python.org/download/ puts 2.7 first, and says: If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.7; more

Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads page: Which version of Python should be listed first?

2012-12-13 Thread Eric Snow
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: The default version shown on http://docs.python.org/ is now 3.3.0, which I think is a Good Thing. However, http://python.org/download/ puts 2.7 first, and says: If you don't know which version to use, start with Python

[Python-Dev] Downloads Page

2008-02-24 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, The downloads page on python.org shows 2.5.1 as the latest release: http://python.org/download/ Michael ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] Downloads Page

2008-02-24 Thread skip
Michael The downloads page on python.org shows 2.5.1 as the latest Michael release: Michael http://python.org/download/ Thanks. I just checked in a change. I'm not sure how long it takes to update the website, but it should be fairly soon. Skip