Python 2.8?

Posted Jan 11, 2017 20:52 UTC (Wed) by karkhaz (subscriber, #99844)
Parent article: Python 2.8?

> As it turns out, the owner of the project, Naftali Harris, is amenable to the change

That was a charming and amusing thread, especially in the face of that one troll. It pains me to say this, but it's commendable for everyone involved to have kept up a cheerful and whimsical attitude on such a bikeshedworthy topic, and also one with such a contentious history.

I'd be super-interested in reading some kind of analysis on what makes these discussions work, or not. There was a nice BoF in Debconf'15 about engineering discussions so that they proceed civilly, though I don't know if anybody pursued that further. It would be nice to have a collection of shining examples of discussions going constructively, with an analysis of why so that we can learn by example. And a collection of the opposite, discussions that disintegrate into emotionally-draining flamewars, and an analysis of what catalysed that and how it could have been prevented.

Python 2.8?

Posted Jan 20, 2017 13:51 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

That was a charming and amusing thread, especially in the face of that one troll.

You missed the wink gesture to everyone else in the know here, I think. Who are the trolls here? The ones voicing their concern at the hostility towards anyone prolonging the life of Python 2, or the ones who suggest names like "Norwegian Blue" to passive-aggressively suggest that Python 2 should cease to be? The ones voicing their concern about threats of trademark litigation, or the ones calling for the lawyers to get involved?

I guess that Python 2 users will be excluded from presenting at Python conferences and events in future if they don't commit to using Python 3. That's the sort of mindset creeping in here. Never mind that at those conferences there will undoubtedly be talks about JavaScript and who knows what else, just as there always has been.