commit ca73de30116430d8c6c4b97b4f6ae00e472d80e5
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Tue Sep 22 00:30:53 2015 -0500
adjust python change for target audience
en-US/Development.xml | 32 ++++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Development.xml b/en-US/Development.xml
index d7d2484..bf8e154 100644
--- a/en-US/Development.xml
+++ b/en-US/Development.xml
@@ -236,40 +236,20 @@
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="sect-devel-python3-default">
- <title> Python 3 default interpreter</title>
+ <title>Fedora is moving to Python 3</title>
<para>
- Python 3 is now the default interpreter across all flavors of Fedora (Workstation,
Server, and Cloud.)
+ Fedora 23 continues the move to Python 3 as the default python interpreter.
Critical system components built using python, such as the
<application>Anaconda</application> installer, the
<application>dnf</application> package manager, and more have been migrated to
the newer Python release.
</para>
- <para>
- Benefits to Fedora
+ <para>
+ Packaged Python modules and utilities are available in Python 3 versions wherever
upstream supports it.
</para>
<para>
Python 2.7 (latest Python 2 release, which we also have in Fedora) is currently in
maintenance mode only, which means upstream only accepts bugfixes and security fixes, but
no new features are being implemented.
Python 2.7 is the last minor release of Python 2, with upstream support until 2020.
Python 3, on the other hand, is actively developed and new features are being added every
release.
Moreover, there is currently no end of support date for Python 3.
</para>
- <para>
- Fedora already has Python 3 stack that is parallel to Python 2 stack. There are
several benefits of switching the "primary" Python stack to Python 3:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Getting upstream support for default system version will not be limited by time.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Our system tools will be able to switch to Python 3, drop the burden of Python 2
support and use new features of Python 3.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- As a distribution that stays close to upstream, Fedora should help Python
community go forward by contributing patches and working closely with upstreams to get
this accomplished. Thus this Change is meant to benefit not only Fedora, but also broader
Python community.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
- <para>
- For more information about Python 3 being the default in Fedora please visit:
<ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default#Scop...
3 default change in Fedora 23</ulink>
+ <para>
+ For more details of Fedora's Python migration plan, please visit: <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_3_as_Default#Scop...
3 default change in Fedora 23</ulink>
</para>
</section>
</section>
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