On 13/03/18 18:30, Tim Chase wrote:
On 2018-03-13 10:58, Terry Reedy wrote:
Two days later, Benjamin Peterson, the 2.7 release manager, replied
"Sounds good to me. I've updated the PEP to say 2.7 is completely
dead on Jan 1 2020." adding "The final release may not literally be
on January 1st".
Am I the only one saddened by this announcement? I mean, it could
have been something like
"""
"VOOM"?!? Mate, 2.7 wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts
through it! It's bleedin' demised! It's not pinin'! It's passed on!
This 2.x series is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and
gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in
peace! If you hadn't nailed it to your dependencies it'd be pushing
up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now 'istory! It's off
the twig! It's kicked the bucket, it's shuffled off its mortal coil,
run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!
THIS IS AN EX-VERSION!!
"""
Pythonically-yers,
-tkc
I'd still like to know what the core developers have ever done for us.
Apart from <fill in your favourite aspect of Python here>.
--
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.
Mark Lawrence
--
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
