Sebastian Bassi wrote: > Hello all, > > I am working on a Python book, since it could be completed in about a > year (writing time + edition + publishing) or more, I would like to > know what version to target since I don't want to release a book that > will be outdated just after is printed. > I use 2.4 for everyday work but most webservers still carry 2.2 (and > most programs runs w/o any modification, since I don't tend to use new > features), but publishers know that people like to buy lasted version > books.
But also there are a lot of books about 2.2 already--I've got quite a number of them and if I really have to go down to 2.2 I can always return back to them. For new books definitely 2.5--how can you possibly target something that will have an alpha *probably* released sometime in 2007? And may be released in 2008 or even 2009? Your book may be obsolete the moment it comes out if you're targeting an alpha. > So, if the book is published in October 2007, should feature Python 3 > or Python 2.5? > I did read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3000/ but I still not > sure about timeline. >From the document, looks like even BDFL ain't sure, just a general estimate of sometime in 2007 and release in maybe 2008 if we're lucky :) > > Best regards, > SB. > > -- > Bioinformatics news: http://www.bioinformatica.info > Lriser: http://www.linspire.com/lraiser_success.php?serial=318 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
