text_combined: martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde question rather want disk community split add forwards compatibility dont think risk big far people start saying support python 3 saying support python 3 thats fine former case people still continue use old versions software assuming talking open source continue use 2x wont get new features perhaps reason move 3x latter case people relying library either stay 2x dependencies get ported contribute 3x ports developers cases may cause fork project guess cases rare occur maintainer cooperative least incorporating patches even stuff doesnt care short risk community splits small people contribute code care community needs thats opensource software works regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 221746 0100 pythondev proposal __future__ import unicode_string_literals