Re:Thank You, Guido
by jodrellblank on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:40PM
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Then why did Dropbox shove a Python2 v Python3 commend in the middle of a "happy retirement" blog post?
No really, what was the relevance of that comment? A task from a decade ago, with maintenance reaching end of life in two months, and they're off-topic boasting about "already starting" it. What, they think it's early and applause-worthy? They're trying to show that even Guido had to deal with it? Or that even with Guido they couldn't complete it quickly? "Here are some words about Python to make the PR representative look hip and with it"?
Nothing about that interjection reflects particularly well on Dropbox - it's far off the tone of the rest of the post, they would have been better off not mentioning it at all.
No really, what was the relevance of that comment? A task from a decade ago, with maintenance reaching end of life in two months, and they're off-topic boasting about "already starting" it. What, they think it's early and applause-worthy? They're trying to show that even Guido had to deal with it? Or that even with Guido they couldn't complete it quickly? "Here are some words about Python to make the PR representative look hip and with it"?
Nothing about that interjection reflects particularly well on Dropbox - it's far off the tone of the rest of the post, they would have been better off not mentioning it at all.