@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ two versions of the language for several years. While we have developed tools
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and techniques to maintain compatibility efficiently, it is a small but
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constant friction in the development of a lot of code.
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- We are keen to use Python 3, and we currently accept the cost of writing
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- cross-compatible code to allow a smooth transition, but we don’t intend to
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- maintain this indefinitely. Although the transition has not been as quick as we
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- hoped, we do see it taking place, with more and more people using, teaching and
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- recommending Python 3.
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+ We are keen to use Python 3 to its full potential , and we currently accept the
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+ cost of writing cross-compatible code to allow a smooth transition, but we
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+ don’t intend to maintain this compatibility indefinitely. Although the
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+ transition has not been as quick as we hoped, we do see it taking place, with
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+ more and more people using, teaching and recommending Python 3.
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The developers of the Python language extended support of Python 2.7 from 2015
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to 2020, recognising that many people were still using Python 2. We believe
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- that the extra 5 years is sufficient, and our projects plan to stop supporting
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- Python 2 when upstream support ends in 2020, if not before. We will then be
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- able to simplify our code and take advantage of the many new features in the
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- current version of the Python language and standard library.
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+ that the extra 5 years is sufficient to transition off of Python 2, and our
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+ projects plan to stop supporting Python 2 when upstream support ends in 2020,
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+ if not before. We will then be able to simplify our code and take advantage of
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+ the many new features in the current version of the Python language and
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+ standard library.
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In addition, significantly before 2020, some of our projects will step down
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Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and make new feature releases which
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