Downvote all you like, but if you read this and don't feel sting from at least a few of these points, you're fooling yourself.
There is now a new 4th and possibly 5th string formatting method in 3.6 incoming
/me lets out epic sigh~
FFS. Yes, indeed.
For what it's worth, you are not alone in your irritation at the situation.
...but what can we tangibly do?
The best bet is still to write new code in python3, and slowly depreciate python2 code and replace it whole scale with new code either in python3 or 'more appropriate language x here'.
A new python-like compiled language which was a subset of python2 without the standard library would be a welcome breath of fresh air. We can certainly daydream...
FFS. Yes, indeed.
For what it's worth, you are not alone in your irritation at the situation.
...but what can we tangibly do?
The best bet is still to write new code in python3, and slowly depreciate python2 code and replace it whole scale with new code either in python3 or 'more appropriate language x here'.
A new python-like compiled language which was a subset of python2 without the standard library would be a welcome breath of fresh air. We can certainly daydream...