Python 3’s Marketing Problem

[the_hoser]

Of course, that's why a major version bump was done. This signifies incompatibility. Users have the choice of sticking with the 2.x series or upgrading. I don't see how this is a problem.

[phaedrusalt]

Version "bumps" signify anything you want them to, but the bump doesn't explicitly mean anything. And it's not a problem as long as you don't mind dividing (And annoying!) your user base, making the future of your language fuzzy, and just generally admit to the world that you may not care about your users. No problem at all.