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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by lloeki on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:11AM (#16809603)
> Although it still took way too long, if you consider Python 3.0 was released about 10 years ago

Somehow, it was the plan[0]. I feel like I wrote about that extensively already way too many times[1].

[0]: (2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11502844

[1]: (2012) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4569440

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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by maxerickson on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @07:38AM (#16810089)
I think one of the biggest mistakes is that 3.0 didn't have "PREVIEW RELEASE" right in the name. People started counting the day it was released, meanwhile the developers didn't have any expectation that (many) people would use it in production.
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Re:Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL ... by collinmanderson on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:08PM (#16812554)
Right, the way I look at it:

2008-2012 3.x itself being usable.

2012-2016 Libraries getting 3.x support.

2016-2020 Applications geting 3.x support (trac, samba, ansible, etc)

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