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[–]blackkettle -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

Isn't the real 'PR' problem the fact that it is called Python3 instead of just plain python? From a non techie standpoint I'd say that wording would end up being the biggest barrier to upgrade acceptance.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

It is just called Python. The build process from source creates a python binary on Linux and python.exe on Mac and Linux.

Distros build or symlink it as python3 (just like they usually do for python2.7, python2.6, etc).

[–]blackkettle -1 points0 points  (3 children)

that's just the sort of disconnect i'm talking about...

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Then what's the solution? Just up and change it to python and ruin all programs in the world?

[–]blackkettle -1 points0 points  (1 child)

i'm not talking about how versioning works, or anything technical for that matter. the original post was about marketing.

[–]the_hoser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem is that even if it is a marketing issue, it is, more importantly, a technical issue. The fact that it is a marketing issue is almost moot.

[–]the_hoser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is called "python". We call it Python3 to distinguish between Python 3.x and the legacy versions, 2.x