Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2
by toyg on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:29AM
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> many packages we used as dependencies took ~5 years to port to Python 3, and then dropped Python 2 support immediately
A lot of packages were held back by early criticism of the move and the extended timeframe allowed to 2.x.
If 10% of the stop-energy dedicated to shit on 3 would have been put into supporting the effort, things would have gone differently. But most people dragged their feet and this is the result.
A lot of packages were held back by early criticism of the move and the extended timeframe allowed to 2.x.
If 10% of the stop-energy dedicated to shit on 3 would have been put into supporting the effort, things would have gone differently. But most people dragged their feet and this is the result.