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On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda
<bkabrda(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to start a discussion about the release where we should
> switch to Python 3. As I have learned recently, Ubuntu 12.10 will
> have Python 3 as default [1], which makes me a sad panda :(
> We always take pride in being close to upstream and having the
> bleeding edge. Python 3 is stable and more and more libraries
> support it. So I'd like to propose an idea to switch to Python 3
> for Fedora 19.
In which a way do you want to switch to python3?
For me, that means any mention of "python" is synonym to "python3",
which leads to the question, what is inside a python-foo package?
The module foo, built for python3?
As you say, switching means /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3. And yes, that is a
very valid point about the naming, I think.
It would be best to rename all python-foo packages, to python2-foo
or
python3-foo and don't allow subpackaging of modules, which provide
multiple python versions. And when that's consistent, we can switch
/usr/bin/python to python3.
I agree about the renaming. Having said that, I don't like that the users will need to
install python2-foo or python3-foo, not just python-foo. On the other hand, the normal
users will just get stuff and update it. The developers using various versions of python
might actually appreciate the knowledge of what they are installing.
So how about a "Renaming of all python packages" feature
for F19, and
when that's done, switch to python3. When we are fast enough, maybe
also for F19, but F20 or F21 would be more realistic....
Sounds good to me.
Greetings,
Tom
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Regards,
Bohuslav "Slavek" Kabrda.