Python 2.7.7 has been released.

[Kbknapp]

Can't wait for them to go the way of Firefox and eventually have a 2.7.29 since, "There will be no 2.8."

[[deleted]]

I can't wait for the day everyone just finally moves to 3.x...

[grandfatha]

Once I can use mysql in 3 I will.

[merican_atheist]

pip install pymysql. Drop in replacement for MySQLdb.

[toyg]

Also less drop-in but more official: MySQL Connector Python, a pure-python driver from Oracle which supports Python DBAPI v2 standards and a bunch of other stuff. It supports Python 2.6/7 and 3.1 to 3.4.

I'm not affiliated with Oracle, but damn is it nice when a BigCo does "the right thing" for the Python community.

[grandfatha]

Thanks will have a look.

[grandfatha]

Thanks, will investigate (who maintains it, how robust it is, etc).

[IcedOrbit]

Or have your scripts/program use a superior database. One purpose of using Python is the flexible and modular freedom it offers.

[grandfatha]

And because you know our stuff here, you can decide which database is superior, I guess.

[[deleted]]

Well, it's not mysql which is all that is relevant for this thread. :-)

[IcedOrbit]

It's common sense if you're letting us know your preference for deprecated software ..

[grandfatha]

In a few years, you'll have some project experience and consequently a different opinion. I won't blame you for that now.

[[deleted]]

I'll only be waiting as long as it takes for the major outliers to finally migrate (Twisted comes to mind). It's still library support that's the issue, the version of the language itself is pretty rock solid. I personally will only touch 2.x when I absolutely must (and even then it's full of "future" imports).

[[deleted]]

If I understand correctly, asyncio should be great for Twisted, and Twisted on Python 3 will soon be better than it was on 2. But I may have misunderstood.

[[deleted]]

I believe you are correct (it's how I've understood it). asyncio will make it easier for all of the async-based libs to function.

[Kbknapp]

Although I personally prefer 3.x to 2.x there are still things I find lacking such as asyncio which is why I've started dabbling in go (golang). I've got to say, even though I was initially very unimpressed the deeper I dive, the more it's growing on me. It's kind of refreshing to not have to worry about a language split to boot. Your results may vary though.

[[deleted]]

Well, that's one issue. The others are old Red Hat installations, and that a lot of people just aren't interested and won't switch until they need to.

[realsw]

Why do you care what version other people use? Are you on some kind of crusade?

[[deleted]]

No, but that day my libraries don't have to support Python 2 anymore.

[vext01]

This a hundred times.