On 2013.12.26 23:04, Travis McGee wrote: > The Python.org site says that the future is Python 3, yet whenever I try > something new in Python, such as Tkinter which I am learning now, > everything seems to default to Python 2. By this I mean that, whenever I > find that I need to install another package, it shows up as Python 2 > unless I explicitly specify Python 3. > > What's the deal? If I want to make a distributable software package, > should it be 2 or 3? Enquiring minds want to know. > Oh boy, another 2 vs. 3 thread!
Always use 3 unless you absolutely have to use 2. Python 3 is not a shiny new thing. It is *five* years old at this point and is soon to have its *fifth* significant release. Python 2.6 is EOL, and there will not be a 2.8. However, people have stayed with Python 2 for various reasons, and unfortunately, many of those people haven't even made an effort to migrate until the last year or so. Most of the major third-party libraries these days are either 3.x compatible or have 3.x-compatible replacements, though. -- CPython 3.3.3 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 10.0 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
