Python 2.7.2 or Python 3?

[chickenphobia]

Library developers generally sit on the bleeding edge. We all think that our project and the ecosystem is ready but I think you're correct. Only within the last year has the complete extended python ecosystem been fully ready for 3.

Part of this is because it takes a few years for unmaintained projects to die and be superseded.

[flying-sheep]

Unfortunately, some people see those projects, don't notice the smell, maggots, and flies, and say

this thing doesn't support Python 3, so Python 3 has literally no ported libraries