python3.4 vs python3.3 about binder HOT 5 CLOSED

3.4 is old-news, 3.5 is current stable!

But you are right - in my experience, 3.4 is typically better supported by just about everything than 3.3, though there isn't much that works on 3.4 that doesn't on 3.3. My guess is the decision was based on what Python shipped with the base distro prior to adopting conda, but that could be wrong.

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Thanks for catching @hainm and for the comments @minrk ! Was a totally arbitrary choice in our base image, we're changing it to 3.5 right now, want that sweet new @ ✨

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I don't know if this is relevant, but the anaconda packages aren't out for
3.5 (even though conda has it).

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Jeremy Freeman [email protected]
wrote:

Thanks for catching @hainm https://github.com/hainm and for the
comments @minrk https://github.com/minrk ! Was a totally arbitrary
choice in our base image, we're changing it to 3.5 right now, want that
sweet new @ [image: ✨]

cc @andrewosh https://github.com/andrewosh

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Might be premature for 3.5, sorry if I misled. Many conda packages are up for 3.5 (jupyter), but there are still important ones not yet out (e.g. matplotlib).

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Python 3.4 is installed in the base image as of e85d1a1

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