On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Clint Byrum <cl...@fewbar.com> wrote:
> Excerpts from Dieterly, Deklan's message of 2016-05-14 01:18:20 +0000: > > Python 2.x will not be supported for much longer, and let¹s face it, > > Python is easy, but it just does not scale. Nor does Python have the > > performance characteristics that large, distributed systems require. > Maybe > > Java could replace Python in OpenStack as the workhorse language. > > Which is why we've been pushing toward python 3 for years now. It's > default for python apps in distros now, gates are holding the line at the > unit test level now, so we just need a push toward integration testing > and I truly believe we'll be seeing people use python3 and pypy to run > OpenStack in the next year. > Kuryr kubernetes integration is python 3 only, as it is asyncio based. I would be surprised if new projects and subprojects don't go to python3 directly. > > And regarding not scaling: That's precisely what's being discussed, > and it seems like there are plenty of options for pushing python further > that aren't even half explored yet. Meanwhile, if enough people agree, > perhaps go is a good option for those areas where we just can't push > Python further without it already looking like another language anyway. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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