Re: What does python 3000 mean for zope?

Tres Seaver <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.zope3
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Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> David Pratt wrote:
>>  Ultimately, the
>> folks that will even want to maintain a 2.x code base will quickly erode 
>>  since the forefront of development is never the past. Perhaps it will 
>> all move more quickly for this reason when python 3K is out for real.
> 
> This is what I fear will happen. This could mean either some huge 
> codebases in Python 2.x are going to be left behind in some kind of 
> ghetto, or that the single community will fracture into a Python 2.x and 
> a Python 3.x community. Both scenarios suck, so I certainly hope I'm 
> being pessimistic about this.

I don't think so.  I think the second one is already reality.  I see
zero benefit to moving to Py3K for any work I'm doing, and active damage
from trying to do so in Zope.


Tres.
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