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Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by IgorPartola » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 6:30 PM UTC

JelteF wrote: post #4

I think this is the first popular Python post with a version number I've seen that doesn't have a lot of comments about the Python 2 vs 3 "battle".

Well, you know, that CGI HTTP Server issue would not have happened if we had finally moved onto Python 3! The community is very confusing to newcomers. We really should just move on and forget about Python 2.

Edit: :) to indicate sarcasm.

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by BuckRogers » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 6:38 PM UTC

JelteF wrote: post #4

I think this is the first popular Python post with a version number I've seen that doesn't have a lot of comments about the Python 2 vs 3 "battle".

There is no battle. Python 2 is winning handily if there is, it's not even close.

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by forsaken » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

JelteF wrote: post #4

I think this is the first popular Python post with a version number I've seen that doesn't have a lot of comments about the Python 2 vs 3 "battle".

Until you made this comment..

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by shortstuffsushi » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 7:15 PM UTC

Wasn't there a post on here a couple months back indicating the EOL for Python 2.7? Maybe it was "we'll release through 2.7.10, and that's it."

Edit: Found it here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7581434. Release will continue at least through 2015, support through 2020.

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by chris_mahan » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 7:58 PM UTC

tachion wrote: post #10

briancurtin wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While the process was competitive, it wasn't a "competition." There was a bidding process that several firms took part in.

That, and the end result can hardly be called good - maybe it is better, maybe not, hard to say even that, but definitely not good, unfortunately.

Yeah, I don't send people there anymore, sadly.

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by chris_mahan » Wed, Jul 02, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

chris_mahan wrote: post #15

tachion wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That, and the end result can hardly be called good - maybe it is better, maybe not, hard to say even that, but definitely not good, unfortunately.

Yeah, I don't send people there anymore, sadly.

I'd like to add that I am the go-to person in my department (of 50 people) for all things python. I had a guy (a data scientist) ask me how to install and use python on his machine in the past hour...

Re: Python 2.7.8

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Post by martiuk » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:48 AM UTC

JelteF wrote: post #4

I think this is the first popular Python post with a version number I've seen that doesn't have a lot of comments about the Python 2 vs 3 "battle".

Seriously guys we're gonna drop 2.

--Many Releases Later--

Seriously guys we're gonna drop 2.