In article <zt68n.3893$pv.1...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Neil Hodgson <nyamatongwe+thun...@gmail.com> wrote: >Carl Banks: >> >> There is also no hope someone will fork Python 2.x and continue it in >> perpetuity. Well, someone might try to fork it, but they won't be >> able to call it Python. > > Over time there may be more desire from those unable or unwilling to >upgrade to 3.x to work on improvements to 2.x, perhaps leading to a >version 2.8. One of the benefits of open source is that you are not >trapped into following vendor decisions like Microsoft abandoning >classic VB in favour of VB.NET. > > It would be unreasonable for the core developers to try to block >this. Refusing use of the Python trademark for a version that was >reasonably compatible in both directions would be particularly petty.
Agreed, and as a PSF member, I'd certainly be opposed to anyone trying to prevent the release of Python 2.8, and I would actively favor providing PSF and python.org resources to them. OTOH, I would also be likely to push anyone working on Python 2.8 to come up with a solid release plan first. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ import antigravity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
