Commit 4505f65a authored by Gus Goulart's avatar Gus Goulart Committed by Tal Einat

bpo-34203: FAQ now recommends python 3.x over 2.x (GH-9796)

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...@@ -306,17 +306,19 @@ usually around 18 months between major releases. ...@@ -306,17 +306,19 @@ usually around 18 months between major releases.
The developers issue "bugfix" releases of older versions, so the stability of The developers issue "bugfix" releases of older versions, so the stability of
existing releases gradually improves. Bugfix releases, indicated by a third existing releases gradually improves. Bugfix releases, indicated by a third
component of the version number (e.g. 2.5.3, 2.6.2), are managed for stability; component of the version number (e.g. 3.5.3, 3.6.2), are managed for stability;
only fixes for known problems are included in a bugfix release, and it's only fixes for known problems are included in a bugfix release, and it's
guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix guaranteed that interfaces will remain the same throughout a series of bugfix
releases. releases.
The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page The latest stable releases can always be found on the `Python download page
<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. There are two recommended production-ready <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. There are two production-ready version
versions at this point in time, because at the moment there are two branches of of Python: 2.x and 3.x, but the recommended one at this times is Python 3.x.
stable releases: 2.x and 3.x. Python 3.x may be less useful than 2.x, since Although Python 2.x is still widely used, `it will not be
currently there is more third party software available for Python 2 than for maintained after January 1, 2020 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/>`_.
Python 3. Python 2 code will generally not run unchanged in Python 3. Python 2.x was known for having more third-party libraries available, however,
by the time of this writing, most of the widely used libraries support Python 3.x,
and some are even dropping the Python 2.x support.
How many people are using Python? How many people are using Python?
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