[reportlab-users] Status of Python 3 port?
    Andy Robinson 
    andy at reportlab.com
       
    Thu Feb  4 17:05:42 EST 2010
    
    
  
On 4 February 2010 21:42, Neil Schemenauer <nas-> I think Guido is
right.  Having reportlab3 that only runs on Python
> 3 requires your users to port to reportlab3 at the same time they
> are porting to Python 3.  If all the other packages they use do the
> same thing, that's a huge upgrade hump to get over.
>
> I would vote for a reportlab3 that runs in Python 2.7 and can be
> processed by 2to3 to produce a Python 3 version.
Even if reportlab3 was a new library which required you to
significantly change your apps to switch to it?
I would have thought that most people want their apps to work without
needing to change their reportlab code too much - i.e. port  all of
what we have now to 3.0.  That is MUCH harder.
- Andy
    
    
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