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Re: Show HN: Self-Driving Pi Car

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Awesome project, but why Python 2? :( Pre-compiled Python wheels are available for Python 3 on Raspberry Pi at piwheels.org (default for pip in Raspbian)

I'm tired of seeing this comment over and over on HN. Does everyone who writes a Python 2-based project on HN have to explain themselves and provide a valid excuse? Why can't people just be deciding they like Python 2 more than 3, or finding that it's more suitable for their project?

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Re: Show HN: Self-Driving Pi Car

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It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to ask why someone would use a version language that is going to be deprecated in just over a year, when newer versions are readily available.

Is it that hard to assume they either like it more or they couldn't use a later version because of a dependency? The only scenario this question would be useful in is if they had no idea the later version exists, which is a boat I have yet to see anyone fall into. Unless, I guess, it's one of those "questions" that isn't looking for an answer, but simply looking for an opportunity to chastise...

No, but the project will be dead in a year (or rather bitrot will set in), so if there are old dependencies then perhaps effort should be put into porting or working out the kinks in Python3 dependencies doing a similar thing. I understand for a hobby project that's a big ask but it's not unreasonable to question, I think

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Re: Show HN: Self-Driving Pi Car

#30
post #5

Awesome project, but why Python 2? :( Pre-compiled Python wheels are available for Python 3 on Raspberry Pi at piwheels.org (default for pip in Raspbian)

I'm tired of seeing this comment over and over on HN. Does everyone who writes a Python 2-based project on HN have to explain themselves and provide a valid excuse? Why can't people just be deciding they like Python 2 more than 3, or finding that it's more suitable for their project?

I totally agree. There are so many embedded stuff running Python 2 out there that it will go nowhere. For me the countdown is a joke.
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