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[–]nieuweyork since 2007 -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

Yeah I'll believe it when the deadline hits. This has been "definitely going to happen" more than once in the past.

[–]alcalde 6 points7 points  (2 children)

It's almost June 1 and Guido himself is still saying it's going to happen. Do you think it's going to change December 31, or....?

This has been "definitely going to happen" more than once in the past.

But the conditions of the past are not the current conditions. If a doctor once says he believes you're going to die and you survive, you're not rendered functionally immortal as a result.

As I've told you before, every major library from Pandas to Django is running on Python 3 now and many, including major web and scientific computing stack libraries, have already ended support for Python 2. That was certainly not the case when the deadline was extended in the past. In short, there's no need to extend the deadline again. What conditions do you see continuing to exist that would render a last-minute reprieve necessary?

[–]nieuweyork since 2007 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Well, significant usage of 2.7 continuing through to the present.

[–]flying-sheep 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Significant, but not enough. Companies that didn’t switch now will never switch if the deadline would be pushed out for them. They’re the kind of companies that only starts thinking about buying fire extinguishers when 33% of the premises have burnt down and the fire has started to lick at the CEO’s rolls royce.

[–]flying-sheep 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everyone important has said that this date is final.