The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 to 3.6.1 on June 20th

ubernostrum wrote: post #3

A better headline would be that the default for newly-created applications will switch. Existing applications on Heroku will not have their Python version changed.

I assume that's what is meant by "default".

Re: The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 to 3.6.1 on June 20th

#5

Post by nvivo » Sat, Jun 10, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

I find it amazing that Python 3 is almost 10 years old and it's still not been able to replace Python 2 everywhere. I mean, legacy is one thing, but from what I see lots of people still start new projects with python 2.

Re: The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 to 3.6.1 on June 20th

#6

Post by huxley » Sat, Jun 10, 2017, 11:38 PM UTC

ubernostrum wrote: post #3

A better headline would be that the default for newly-created applications will switch. Existing applications on Heroku will not have their Python version changed.

I wonder if you'll still be able to set the Python version explicitly in the runtime.txt file

Re: The default Python version on Heroku will go from 2.7.13 to 3.6.1 on June 20th

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Post by pvdebbe » Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 6:56 AM UTC

nvivo wrote: post #5

I find it amazing that Python 3 is almost 10 years old and it's still not been able to replace Python 2 everywhere. I mean, legacy is one thing, but from what I see lots of people still start new projects with python 2.

Mainly because everyone treats it as a different language from python 2.