[codetrotter]

> Someone launched "Python 2.8" without any affiliation to the Python Foundation, that's a silly move. […]

> Something called Tauthon is still being patched every few months for people who can't let go of Python 2.7

I was curious and did a search for Python 2.8 and found:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13144713

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13159144

Clicking on the GitHub repo it seems that in fact the project making unauthorised use of the name “Python 2.8” was the one that ended up changing its name to Tauthon. Neat!

[bandrami]

Also "without any affiliation" is a stretch. He picked up a codebase they abandoned and they got pissy because he kept its name. It was really not a good look.