Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Tim Wintle
On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 09:15 +1100, Python Nutter wrote: > Maybe if everyone shares their own thinking for their own situations > it may help. Well, at work I do a mixture of things, some of which require python 2.3 (I know...), and some of which I can write to whatever version I want. I generally

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Mensanator
On Mar 7, 5:09�pm, Terry Reedy wrote: > Python Nutter wrote: > > silently troll python submitters and got the feeling 3.1 was what 3.0 > > was supposed to be ;-) > > I would say that it will be what the developers wish 3.0 had been. �Part > of the problem was that not enough people downloaded and

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Terry Reedy
Python Nutter wrote: silently troll python submitters and got the feeling 3.1 was what 3.0 was supposed to be ;-) I would say that it will be what the developers wish 3.0 had been. Part of the problem was that not enough people downloaded and tested the 3.0 betas to discover certain problem

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Python Nutter
Maybe if everyone shares their own thinking for their own situations it may help. I know the 2.x branch rather well, and cut my teeth on it. My work involves x509 cryptographic materials and I cut my own binaries and then wrap them in python to extend and enhance or build a lot of automation arou

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
R. David Murray wrote: Comparing Python releases to Windows releases is...disturbing :) That was why I was very carefully in this example for choosing 2000 :-) -- mph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread R. David Murray
"Martin P. Hellwig" wrote: > Wensui Liu wrote: > > i started learning python with earlier version and am happy with it > > and all related packages, such as scipy, pywin, and so on. > > right now, i am wondering if i should move to python3. if i do, will > > all packages working on earlier version

Re: should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Wensui Liu wrote: i started learning python with earlier version and am happy with it and all related packages, such as scipy, pywin, and so on. right now, i am wondering if i should move to python3. if i do, will all packages working on earlier version still work in python3? this is my major con

should i move on to python3

2009-03-07 Thread Wensui Liu
i started learning python with earlier version and am happy with it and all related packages, such as scipy, pywin, and so on. right now, i am wondering if i should move to python3. if i do, will all packages working on earlier version still work in python3? this is my major concern. my another que