That is not the same thing at all, and not what he said.

JoshTriplett · 2026-03-17T21:50:50 1773784250

It is exactly what I'm referring to. I didn't say there aren't still people around. But they're far enough behind CPython that folks like NumPy are dropping support. Unless they get a substantial injection of new people and new energy, they're likely to continue falling behind.

bigstrat2003 · 2026-03-18T06:47:47 1773816467

> I didn't say there aren't still people around.

You said it was defunct, which would mean there aren't still people working on it.

LtWorf · 2026-03-18T06:50:01 1773816601

Not what you wrote.

Also CPython 3.10 is not EOL so library authors won't be using anything from 3.11 anyway.

JoshTriplett · 2026-03-18T07:33:42 1773819222

People don't just upgrade when forced to; often they do so eagerly.

Current Debian stable has 3.13; oldstable has 3.11.

LtWorf · 2026-03-18T07:53:20 1773820400

You seem to be doing some heavily selective reading.

Just to reiterate, hoping that this time you won't skim, I said "library authors", not all developers. Since you specifically mentioned a library.

Feel free to respond IIF you read all of the words of my comment.

tomhow · 2026-03-18T08:05:03 1773821103

You've both been here long enough to know that this kind of sniping should be avoided here.

tomhow · 2026-03-18T08:05:23 1773821123

You've both been here long enough to know that this kind of sniping should be avoided here.