On: Multiversion Python Thoughts

[the_mitsuhiko]

That’s why I called the library “jinja2”. It was a new major version. But people over the years really did not like it and it did not catch on much.

[smitty1e → the_mitsuhiko]

Once more, the wisdom of "Explicit is better than implicit" shines.

Instead, we jump through hoops with our hair on fire to manage complexity.

People.

[TZubiri → the_mitsuhiko]

Agree. The issue was breaking bc by releasing a new major under the same name.

[rbanffy → the_mitsuhiko]

Really, people should just update their software to use the newer libraries and fix whatever breaks. If you want to use functions from version 2, you should port the rest of the code to version 2.