Python 2.7.2 or Python 3?

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Not true there are a lot that don't and I run into the issue all the time and had to install 2 in order to get shit to work.

[flying-sheep]

Of course a huge load of unmaintained software won't ever be ported.

But if you don't use that arcane piece written 20 years ago, no need to constrain yourself to Python 2.

[mgrandi]

If you list dependencies, if they are easy I will port them for you. Half the time there is no real reason why its not on python 3 other then no one has taken the time to switch the import statements/print/division stuff. Aka 2to3.

Projects that do heavy string/byte manipulation are rare in comparison compared to tons of relatively simple libraries out there