Re:Problems With the Python 3 Ecosystem
by jpulec on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @11:57PM
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Ubuntu is one the most deployed server distributions of linux, and one of the most battle tested. While this post isn't meant to criticize python 3 (I think the language is perfectly fine as is), it's meant to criticize the ecosystem, where one of the most deployed distributions doesn't work.
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Yes, but Debian is also very widely deployed and doesn't ship with a broken Python 3 package. I'm just pointing out that your issue is specifically related to Ubuntu. You'd be better off calling your article: Ubuntu is Not A Suitable Platform for Python 3 Development, or something along those lines.
Re:Problems With the Python 3 Ecosystem
by jpulec on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @12:28AM
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Actually, this exact issue was also an issue in Debian. The bug reports can be found further down in an answer to the same stackoverflow question. It may now be fixed, I'm not sure.
The issue linked was against jessie/sid. Debian users expect broken things outside of stable.
The Ubuntu release in question was the LTS Ubuntu.
CentOS is arguably the most deployed server distribution of Linux, and it (RH) ships a perfectly fine python3 via SCL.
Ubuntu is a snapshot of Debian unstable, and it's not surprising that shipping cutting edge packages results in a few that are broken.