It is very encouraging to know people have moved to python 3. :-) On Tuesday 16 July 2024 at 22:16:03 UTC-4 snide...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 7:10:05 PM UTC-7 Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > You may have noticed I am not very active on this mailing list. That is > mostly because I have been concentrating my energy on py4web which I think > is must more modern and faster than web2py. > > Once again I want to encourage you to move. > > > I am interested in moving, but I keep leaving corners on my tuits. I > don't seem to get them round. > > BTW, does the javascript for the views have support for a) session storage > and b) identifying tabs? > > [...] > > web2py currently works for python2.7 and python3.7+ but they are using a > frozen version of pydal. This no longer works on Google App Engine. So how > do we fix it? > > I am considering the following: > - freezing web2py for Python 2.7 and stopping support. > - continuing limited support of web2py for python3.7+ and specifically > upgrade pydal for the lastest. > - upgrade pydal so that it continues to work on Google App Engine for both > web2py and py4web. > > My questions are: Is this worth it? Have people moved from python2.7 to > 3.7+ already? Are people here interested in continuing to use web2py with > GAE? > > > Massimo > > > I'm no longer supporting a production instance of a web2py app but I have > a small public hobby app on digital ocean (python reasonably current 3.x), > and some personal toy apps which I maybe will make somewhat useful for > other people. The toys are running on 3.10.7 on windows using the source > package (still on 2.22.5 for the moment). > > I've been meaning to file a bug report; one of the tuits is supposed to be > for writing up the details, but basically at some point in version history > the admin panel stopped sending all the required info needed to make the > "next > 100" button work. The resulting page has an empty query box, an error > message "cannot be empty", and a url like "[...] > /appadmin/select/db?start=100". This issue seems to have been in since > at least 2.21.x, maybe longer. > > I've very much enjoyed using web2py over the years, beginning with a > development lab application for controlling test equipment. I had a need > for SOAP, and whatever package I used led me to web2py (likely > pysimplesoap, but I don't have my lab notes since that lab was closed). > Eventually I was using web2py for providing a repository for customer dumps > used by the support team. And of course, it grew features like being an > update server for product firmware and applications. Ah, fun. > > I keep reading the py4web Google Group, so I have some idea of what goes > on with the New Kid, but still working from my comfort zone. > > Dave S > /dps > > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/864dbbf4-e98e-4efe-a225-e28546e071afn%40googlegroups.com.
