> I understand that for some people this is great: I don't think anyone is actively complaining that Python 3 shouldn't exist, more that it's existence at the detriment of Python 2 snubbed a very large community of people.
There's a very simple solution, for those that can't/won't upgrade: Fork it. Work on OldNewPython 2.8. The core devs of Python want to work on Python 3, so that's where we're headed. There's no need to argue technical merits of Python 2 vs 3, the simple fact is that the development momentum is with Python 3 now.
Open source is a do-ocracy. Bring together your other like minded devs to work on Python 2 and keep on keeping on. We can't expect the core devs to keep maintaining an old version of Python. A lot of them are doing this for fun or as a hobby.
There's a very simple solution, for those that can't/won't upgrade: Fork it. Work on OldNewPython 2.8. The core devs of Python want to work on Python 3, so that's where we're headed. There's no need to argue technical merits of Python 2 vs 3, the simple fact is that the development momentum is with Python 3 now.
Open source is a do-ocracy. Bring together your other like minded devs to work on Python 2 and keep on keeping on. We can't expect the core devs to keep maintaining an old version of Python. A lot of them are doing this for fun or as a hobby.