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by senic 4859 days ago
Python 2 is still widely used, that's why saying it supports "Python" seems legit to me.

Although I have to admit I'm annoyed by this versioning problem myself. I find myself wasting a lot of time sorting out versioning issues of packages/frameworks I'd like to use.

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Is it legit to claim to support windows if you only support XP? It's disingenuous. At the least mention the version number in the claim if it's that important.
I think you'd get a more apt analogy if you were to back up a few years, to the late 1990s: At that time, was it legitimate to claim you support Windows if you only support Win9x and not WinNT?

Don't get confused by version numbers. Yes, Python 3's got a bigger major number, but for now that is nothing more than a reflection of Python's ambitions. The reality is that Python's currently in a period of transition, and during the course of that transition the Python name will have to be shared by two separate-but-related software products.

At least anyone who has Python 3 installed is likely to also have Python 2.
I think when windows xp was the predominate install. yes