Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: Review Request: python3 - Python 3.x (backwards incompatible version) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526126 Summary: Review Request: python3 - Python 3.x (backwards incompatible version) Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: low Component: Package Review AssignedTo: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: amcnabb@xxxxxxxxxxx QAContact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: notting@xxxxxxxxxx, fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx Estimated Hours: 0.0 Classification: Fedora Spec URL: http://aml.cs.byu.edu/~amcnabb/python3.spec SRPM URL: http://aml.cs.byu.edu/~amcnabb/python3-3.1.1-1.fc11.src.rpm Description: Python 3.x (backwards incompatible with the 2.x series) Python 3.x is somewhat controversial in the Fedora community. Since so many of the system tools are written in Python, it may be a very long time before Fedora can be migrated from Python 2.x to Python 3.x. Unlike previous updates to Python, it will be impossible to switch over to a new version in one day. I believe it will be important to have a Python 3.x RPM available. Note that I do NOT propose creating any separate library RPMs for Python 3. There are several reasons for creating an early RPM for Python 3.x without creating new RPMs for all of the various Python packages. First, Fedora developers will eventually need to experiment with Python 3.x, and having an RPM available would help with this. Second, people learning Python are now finding resources that are specific to Python 3.x (for example, the famous book "Dive Into Python" is now available for Python 3.x). Third, Python developers (like myself) may wish to use Python 3.x for simple scripts that don't rely on third-party libraries (there are plenty of batteries included in the standard library). This new Python 3.x RPM is loosely based on the current Python 2.x RPMs. I'm sure it still isn't perfect, but I'm at the point where I would appreciate feedback. I really think that this RPM will be helpful for many people. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review