Am 22.04.2014 um 06:39 schrieb Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org>: > José Matos wrote: >> Before proceeding with the changes we should add tests to guarantee that the >> code works as intended on both versions. >> >> I do not intend to work on this until the end of the semester (mid June >> FWIW) but I would like to start the discussion here. > > The more versions supported the bigger maintenance burden. I would think > twice whether we should simply switch just to python 3. > (I hope x in 3.x doesn't matter much, right?) > > Pavel
I would think twice whether we should drop support for 2.7. IMHO, this should be done only if all platforms support 3.x without additional user action. I cannot say anything about the amount of maintenance burden. But the python people do recommend it, AFAIU. Stephan
