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[Python-Dev] Python Library Support in 3.x (Was: email package status in 3.X)

[Python-Dev] Python Library Support in 3.x (Was: email package status in 3.X)Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Jun 20 05:27:52 CEST 2010
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Simon de Vlieger <simon at ikanobori.jp> wrote:
> As for the potentially harmful text on Python 3 which is included on the
> python-commandments website I do get the hint that it might not be clear
> enough that the text does not apply to people who are porting libraries.
> This is a complaint I have heard before and to which I will take affirmative
> action by explicitly adding text to clarify that.

I just read that page, and I believe it could do with a little
refinement even from an application developer point of view.

Specifically, rather than "Why shouldn't I use it, yet?", a more
positive phrasing would be "Should I use it, yet?" or "Is Python 3
ready for me, yet?". And then suggest to app developers that they
check the status of Py3k support for libraries they need or think they
will need, as these days many of them will provide a 3.x compatible
version. Staying on 2.x for now is certainly a viable choice - there's
a reason that backports to 2.7 have been a prominent python-dev
activity for the last year or two. With that nearly out the door, the
focus will switch more to Py3k.

Cheers,
Nick.

P.S. wind the clock back 12 months or so, and I think the page as it
currently stands would have been perfectly good advice to app
developers.

-- 
Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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