Re: [ESPResSo-devel] Python 2/3 plans

[Pierre de Buyl]

Hi,

Sebastian pointed me to 
https://github.com/espressomd/espresso/wiki/Espresso-meeting-2019-01-22#whenhow-to-end-python-2-support
 
where the issue is addressed.

P

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 10:04:28AM +0200, Pierre de Buyl wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there plans for the future of Python 2/3 support?
> 
> I guess everyone on the "dev" list is aware of the upcoming stop of official
> support for Python 2. For scientific computing, there will probably plenty of
> users who remain using Python 2 for some time, but every project should have
> some information for its users.
> 
> Options:
> 1. Keep the code Python 2 compatible "as long as reasonably feasible".
> 2. State visibly the last "Python 2 compatible release", after which Python 2
> compatibility will be explicitly removed (the "from __future__" for instance).
> 
> For info, matplotlib >= 3.0 does not support Python 2 anymore (see their
> homepage https://matplotlib.org/ ). I couldn't find a comprehensive list of 
> the
> support for scientific packages though.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pierre
> 
> PS: if I forgot or overlooked some earlier mailing-list thread or GitHub 
> issue,
> sorry. I did a quick search and was unsuccessful.
> 
> 

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