diff --git a/docs/starting/which-python.rst b/docs/starting/which-python.rst index d9dcc13..ee527a6 100644 --- a/docs/starting/which-python.rst +++ b/docs/starting/which-python.rst @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ one might think. The basic gist of the state of things is as follows: -1. Most production applications today use Python 2.7. +1. Most production applications today use Python 3. 2. Python 3 is ready for the production deployment of applications today. -3. Python 2.7 will only receive necessary security updates until 2020 [#pep373_eol]_. +3. Python 2 reached the end of its life on January 1, 2020 [#pep373_eol]_. 4. The brand name "Python" encapsulates both Python 3 and Python 2. @@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ I'll be blunt: - If you're learning Python for the first time, familiarizing yourself with Python 2.7 will be very useful, but not more useful than learning Python 3. - Learn both. They are both "Python". -- Software that is already built often depends on Python 2.7. -- If you are writing a new open source Python library, it's best to write it for both Python 2 and 3 - simultaneously. Only supporting Python 3 for a new library you want to be widely adopted is a - political statement and will alienate many of your users. This is not a problem — slowly, over the next three years, this will become less the case. ********* @@ -58,8 +54,6 @@ Given such, only use Python 2 if you have a strong reason to, such as a pre-existing code-base, a Python 2 exclusive library, simplicity/familiarity, or, of course, you absolutely love and are inspired by Python 2. No harm in that. -Check out `Can I Use Python 3? `_ to see if any -software you're depending on will block your adoption of Python 3. `Further Reading `_ @@ -67,9 +61,7 @@ It is possible to `write code that works on Python 2.6, 2.7, and Python 3 `_. This ranges from trivial to hard depending upon the kind of software you are writing; if you're a beginner there are far more important things to -worry about. Note that Python 2.6 is end-of-life upstream, so you shouldn't -try to write 2.6-compatible code unless you're being paid specifically to -do that. +worry about. *************** @@ -135,7 +127,8 @@ expose Python code to other languages in the .NET framework. IronPython directly into the Visual Studio development environment, making it an ideal choice for Windows developers. -IronPython supports Python 2.7. [#iron_ver]_ +IronPython supports Python 2.7. [#iron_ver]_ IronPython 3 [#iron_ver3]_ +is being developed, but is not ready for use as of September 2020. PythonNet --------- @@ -151,16 +144,16 @@ installations on non-Windows operating systems, such as OS X and Linux, to operate within the .NET framework. It can be run in addition to IronPython without conflict. -Pythonnet supports from Python 2.6 up to Python 3.5. [#pythonnet_ver1]_ [#pythonnet_ver2]_ +Pythonnet is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.5-3.8. [#pythonnet_ver1]_ .. [#pypy_ver] http://pypy.org/compat.html .. [#jython_ver] https://hg.python.org/jython/file/412a8f9445f7/NEWS -.. [#iron_ver] http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/81726 +.. [#iron_ver] https://ironpython.net/download/ -.. [#pythonnet_ver1] https://travis-ci.org/pythonnet/pythonnet +.. [#iron_ver3] https://github.com/IronLanguages/ironpython3 -.. [#pythonnet_ver2] https://ci.appveyor.com/project/TonyRoberts/pythonnet-480xs +.. [#pythonnet_ver1] https://pythonnet.github.io/ .. [#pep373_eol] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#id2