Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 April 2016 09:06:20 Gisle Vanem via Python-list wrote: > Michael Selik wrote: > > It suddenly occurred to me that if Microsoft announced it's > > Ubuntu-in-Windows feature today, no one would believe it. > > My feeling too, but this was announced 30 March. > In the video in this

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2016-04-01, alister wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:13:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Ethan Furman >> wrote: >>> On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote: Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Gisle Vanem via Python-list
Michael Selik wrote: > It suddenly occurred to me that if Microsoft announced it's > Ubuntu-in-Windows feature today, no one would believe it. My feeling too, but this was announced 30 March. In the video in this link:

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:44 PM, alister wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:13:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Now's the time to get in with the ideas. My proposal is that Python 8, >> in keeping with its new opinionated style, will require everyone to >> follow a

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread alister
On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:13:43 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Ethan Furman > wrote: >> On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote: >>> >>> Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: >> >> Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Michael Selik
It suddenly occurred to me that if Microsoft announced it's Ubuntu-in-Windows feature today, no one would believe it. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:55 PM Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:13 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > Now's the time to get in with the ideas.

Ammended proposal: Python 832? Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-04-01 Thread Stefan Hagen
Sorry for the blunt terseness, but wasn't the plan to target Python 832 i.e. 8.3.2 as a single, frozen thus *eternal* version tag to firstly integrate all beauty (PEP8), good (3.x), bad (2.x) and secondly **never** have to embrace those thrilling, dirty changes again, was it? $ python832 -m

The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that it's time to elaborate a new secret plan to ensure that Python users suffer again with a new major release breaking all their legacy code. The PSF is happy

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:13 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > Now's the time to get in with the ideas. My proposal is that Python 8, > in keeping with its new opinionated style, will require everyone to > follow a single timezone: Europe/Amsterdam. Swatch Internet time:

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Roel Schroeven
Ethan Furman schreef op 2016-04-01 02:09: On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote: Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that it's time to elaborate

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote: >> >> Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: > > >>> Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point >>> where it can become popular that Python

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:02:34 +0200 Roel Schroeven wrote: > Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: > > Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous > > point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided > > that it's time to

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Ethan Furman
On 03/31/2016 05:02 PM, Roel Schroeven wrote: Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that it's time to elaborate a new secret plan to ensure that Python

Re: The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Roel Schroeven
Victor Stinner schreef op 2016-03-31 23:40: Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that it's time to elaborate a new secret plan to ensure that Python users suffer again with a new major release breaking

The next major Python version will be Python 8

2016-03-31 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Python 3 becomes more and more popular and is close to a dangerous point where it can become popular that Python 2. The PSF decided that it's time to elaborate a new secret plan to ensure that Python users suffer again with a new major release breaking all their legacy code. The PSF is happy