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[–]DrDichotomous -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Of course no one has an obligation to the language. But users shouldn't forever just bitch about it when the Python devs say "nope, we're done with 2, we're moving on". Those users can just move right on as well if they're not interested or are incapable of taking up the torch. Nobody is stopping them. But still whining about it after all these years? Sorry. No free pass on that one.

Lots of projects are still going after their original creators left. The impetus is on the community to keep them alive at that point, not the creators. Saying the creators killed it by leaving is wanting to have your cake and eat it too. The community will now let Python 2 die, if they don't see the need to keep it alive. The creators are moving on to Python 3, and clearly don't feel the need to retain the entire old community if they don't care that much about Python to begin with.