Python 3

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Robert Collins writes:

 > >> - distros would prefer to ship a single 'bzr' package rather
 > >>   than two separate ones - and because they run with precompiled
 > >>   files not writable by the user...
 > >
 > > This is going to be complicated for distros, but it's a somewhat
 > > similar problem to needing binary extensions built for different
 > > interpreters, which they can do.
 > 
 > Stephen says numpy will force such support, but I fear that it will be
 > spotty, hard on users, and not very nice.

But note I also think the time frame for Bazaar to really get going on
Python 3 support is 2-3 years.  Yes, Debian & Ubuntu will take a long
time (~5 years?) to shake down on this, but numpy is not the only such
package.  They *have* to do something.  (More precisely, their Python
cabals need to do something, or the distro as a whole will move on.)