lennart regebro hyiffbigmailcom sun mar 23 2008 1045 pm martin v löwis wrote 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 isnt thats whole thing isnt fine latter case people relying library either stay 2x dependencies get ported contribute 3x ports developers still seeing case libraries small number people developing making regular well defined releases world talking looks repeat doubt 2to3 approach works well case want support 26 30 short risk community splits small significant risk dont brush away end 2x python world 3x python world community doesnt resources maintain momentum language energy divided half lennart regebro zope plone consulting httpwwwcollibertycom 33 661 58 14 64 _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 222304 0100 pythondev proposal __future__ import unicode_string_literals