Given the decision and these comments were made three years ago, I would like to propose an initiative to migrate this codebase from Python 2 to Python 3.
Python 2 is officially sunset and no longer maintained. This alone should light a fire under our butts to begin conversion.
I realize this is a large effort and potentially disruptive, but I believe it is the correct path moving forward. If we remain in Python 2, the project is more likely to languish. In addition, we would be better Python citizens and denizens if we upgrade to 3.
The original reason for remaining on Python 2 was that Python 3's binary compilation support was lacking. I believe this situation has drastically changed since the decision was made.
Given the decision and these comments were made three years ago, I would like to propose an initiative to migrate this codebase from Python 2 to Python 3.
Python 2 is officially sunset and no longer maintained. This alone should light a fire under our butts to begin conversion.
I realize this is a large effort and potentially disruptive, but I believe it is the correct path moving forward. If we remain in Python 2, the project is more likely to languish. In addition, we would be better Python citizens and denizens if we upgrade to 3.
The original reason for remaining on Python 2 was that Python 3's binary compilation support was lacking. I believe this situation has drastically changed since the decision was made.