The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 to 3.6.1 on June 20th

Posted by jdelaney on Friday June 09, 2017 @04:07PM
from the devcenter.heroku.com dept.

https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog-items/1169

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by nvivo on Saturday June 10, 2017 @12:58PM (#14528058)

I find it amazing that Python 3 is almost 10 years old and it's still not been able to replace Python 2 everywhere. I mean, legacy is one thing, but from what I see lots of people still start new projects with python 2.

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by pvdebbe on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:56AM (#14543268)

Mainly because everyone treats it as a different language from python 2.

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by ubernostrum on Saturday June 10, 2017 @05:49AM (#14526779)

A better headline would be that the default for newly-created applications will switch.

Existing applications on Heroku will not have their Python version changed.

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by huxley on Saturday June 10, 2017 @07:38PM (#14529835)

I wonder if you'll still be able to set the Python version explicitly in the runtime.txt file

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by paulddraper on Saturday June 10, 2017 @11:20AM (#14527651)

I assume that's what is meant by "default".

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Re:The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 ... by shakna on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:05PM (#14525946)

> Existing applications will not be affected by this change.

I was freaked about breakage for a moment there.

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