> That's how it works with programming language communities
Not always, python has a BDFL rather than a steering committee. But nonetheless it's the people who actually maintain the language who drive it forward.
> but the whole community has a stake (and a say) in the future of the language.
Comments like "the core team are repressing me by not updating 2.7" and random people making half-baked 2.8 releases don't help the future of the language.
Look, it's simple. Core team doesn't want to update Python 2.x anymore for a large number of good reasons. For some people (including you I assume) this isn't the decision you wanted.
But this decision was made years ago. Either move to a different language, update to Python 3 (again, you've had years of warning) or pay for a supported 2.7 version. Or just carry on using 2.7, it's supported until 2020.
Bitching about non-existent repression on hacker news archives squat.
So? For one, almost everybody I've read, even if they are OK with Python 3, say that that decision wasn't the best course the core team could have been taken.
Now, given that the decision has already been taken and followed through for 6+ years, should they now stick with it and see it through? It depends. There's no reason some of us should not just say "no" to that.
>Either move to a different language, update to Python 3 (again, you've had years of warning) or pay for a supported 2.7 version. Or just carry on using 2.7, it's supported until 2020.
Or you know, we can do all/either of those things, and still criticize Python 3 and try to get them to change course.
Not always, python has a BDFL rather than a steering committee. But nonetheless it's the people who actually maintain the language who drive it forward.
> but the whole community has a stake (and a say) in the future of the language.
Comments like "the core team are repressing me by not updating 2.7" and random people making half-baked 2.8 releases don't help the future of the language.
Look, it's simple. Core team doesn't want to update Python 2.x anymore for a large number of good reasons. For some people (including you I assume) this isn't the decision you wanted.
But this decision was made years ago. Either move to a different language, update to Python 3 (again, you've had years of warning) or pay for a supported 2.7 version. Or just carry on using 2.7, it's supported until 2020.
Bitching about non-existent repression on hacker news archives squat.