[Zope3-dev] Re: What does python 3000 mean for zope?

[Martijn Faassen]

Martin Aspeli wrote:
> Paul Winkler wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 05:39:45PM +0100, Martin Aspeli wrote:
>>> Has there been a strong statement that there won't be a Python 2.7 
>>> and beyond? Will Python 2.x be actively killed off?
>>
>> Quite the opposite, Guido proposed last year to do 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9.
>> After that it's not clear to me.
>>
>>> In the discussion on Python 2.x and 3.x compatibility, substitute the 
>>> word "Zope" for "Python" and think of the irony.
>>
>> I'm still waiting for the announcement of Python "Five" :-)
> 
> I suggest we call it Python -1; 2 - 3 = -1.

Ironically a Python runtime that could run both Python 2 and Python 3 
code and have it interoperate would be the one thing that would put my 
mind at rest. Unfortunately the core developers have also dismissed this 
as an option; too much work, basically. Which is also ironic as they're 
certainly causing a lot of work for everybody else with this move. :)

Regards,

Martijn