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diff --git a/doc/python3.rst b/doc/python3.rst index c8e8269936e..dc063c2b145 100644 --- a/doc/python3.rst +++ b/doc/python3.rst @@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ Python 3 compatibility/conversions ================================== -Goal (notsure?): for v11 to provide an alpha/beta Python 3 compatibility, for -v12 to provide official Python 3 support and drop Python 2 in either v12 or -v13. +Official compatibility: Odoo 11 will be the first LTS release to introduce +Python 3 compatibility, starting with Python 3.5. It will also be the first +LTS release to drop official support for Python 2. + +Rationale: Python 3 has been around since 2008, and all Python libraries +used by the official Odoo distribution have been ported and are considered +stable. Most supported platforms have a Python 3.5 package, or a similar +way to deploy it. Preserving dual compatibility is therefore considered +unnecessary, and would represent a significant overhead in testing for the +lifetime of Odoo 11. Python 2 and Python 3 are somewhat different language, but following backports, forward ports and cross-compatibility library it is possible to |