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Re:Why Is the Migration to Python 3 Taking So Long? by takeda on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:14PM (#21539494)
Python itself won't be as much affected, what will affect you most are your dependencies. Imagine using a library and running in some kind of bug. You check newer version, looks like that bug was fixed, but the library now only works on python 3.6+. What will you do?
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Re:Why Is the Migration to Python 3 Taking So Long? by JohnFen on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:45PM (#21540824)
Backport the fix from 3.6, or just implement a fix yourself?
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Re:Why Is the Migration to Python 3 Taking So Long? by takeda on Thursday November 14, 2019 @09:23PM (#21541710)
Yes, that's one option it will be feasible initially but it will get exponentially harder.
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