From ebe69ed4cb48d3a54d9e91bb835d6a13d52c1b00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Myke Cuthbert Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 13:23:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] change 2020 statements from future tense --- _sections/20-statement.md | 28 ++++++++++++---------------- _sections/70-discuss.md | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/_sections/20-statement.md b/_sections/20-statement.md index 662e636..5f6e0fc 100644 --- a/_sections/20-statement.md +++ b/_sections/20-statement.md @@ -12,33 +12,29 @@ two versions of the language for several years. While we have developed tools and techniques to maintain compatibility efficiently, it is a small but constant friction in the development of a lot of code. -We are keen to use Python 3 to its full potential, and we currently accept the -cost of writing cross-compatible code to allow a smooth transition, but we -don’t intend to maintain this compatibility indefinitely. Although the -transition has not been as quick as we hoped, we do see it taking place, with +We are keen to use Python 3 to its full potential, and though +we had been accepting the +cost of writing cross-compatible code to allow a smooth transition, we +did not intend to maintain this compatibility indefinitely. Although the +transition was not as quick as we hoped, it has taken place, with more and more people using, teaching and recommending Python 3. The developers of the Python language extended support of Python 2.7 from 2015 to January 1, 2020, recognising that many people were still using Python 2. We believe -that the extra 5 years is sufficient to transition off of Python 2, and our -projects plan to stop supporting Python 2 when upstream support ends in 2020, -if not before. We will then be able to simplify our code and take advantage of +that the extra 5 years was sufficient to transition off of Python 2, and +now that upstream support has ended, our +projects have stopped supporting Python 2 or will do so before the end of 2020. +We will thus be able to simplify our code and take advantage of the many new features in the current version of the Python language and standard library. -In addition, significantly before 2020, many of our projects will step down -Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and require Python 3 for all new -feature releases. Some projects have already made this transition. -This too parallels support for the language itself, as Python -2.7 releases only include bugfixes and security improvements. - Third parties may offer paid support for our projects on old Python versions for longer than we support them ourselves. We won’t obstruct this, and it is a core principle of free and open source software that this is possible. However, if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projects including the Scientific -Python stack, please start planning to move to Python 3. +Python stack, please move to Python 3. For all of these reasons, the following projects have pledged to **drop support for Python 2.7 no later than 2020**, coinciding with the Python development -team's [timeline for dropping support for Python -2.7](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#update). +team's [drop of support for Python +2.7 on January 1, 2020](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#update). diff --git a/_sections/70-discuss.md b/_sections/70-discuss.md index 91e74a2..527fdec 100644 --- a/_sections/70-discuss.md +++ b/_sections/70-discuss.md @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ style: center # Discuss -While the above statement is close to final form, it is still open for -discussion. Feel free to [open an +While the above statement has been signed by dozens of developers, +it is still open for discussion. Feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/python3statement/python3statement.github.io/issues) on our GitHub repository or browse the open and closed ones. From bf0133cb51733519c739ebab71e84fb3c022c223 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Myke Cuthbert Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 12:52:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Accept three comments from @takluyver --- _sections/20-statement.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/_sections/20-statement.md b/_sections/20-statement.md index 5f6e0fc..d40c439 100644 --- a/_sections/20-statement.md +++ b/_sections/20-statement.md @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ and techniques to maintain compatibility efficiently, it is a small but constant friction in the development of a lot of code. We are keen to use Python 3 to its full potential, and though -we had been accepting the -cost of writing cross-compatible code to allow a smooth transition, we +we accepted the cost of writing cross-compatible +code to allow a smooth transition, we did not intend to maintain this compatibility indefinitely. Although the -transition was not as quick as we hoped, it has taken place, with +transition was not as quick as we hoped, it is taking place, with more and more people using, teaching and recommending Python 3. The developers of the Python language extended support of Python 2.7 from 2015 @@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projects including the Scien Python stack, please move to Python 3. For all of these reasons, the following projects have pledged to **drop support -for Python 2.7 no later than 2020**, coinciding with the Python development -team's [drop of support for Python -2.7 on January 1, 2020](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#update). +for Python 2.7 no later than 2020**, following the [end of support for Python +2.7 itself](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#update) at the start of +the year.