The Move to Python 3 Begins
Summary
EVE Online announces migrating its Python codebase from Python 2 to Python 3 as part of the EVE Evolved initiative. The move aims to unlock performance gains, access modern libraries, and improve maintainability across a 2.4 million-line Python codebase, with Stage 1 making the code Python 3-ready while remaining compatible with Python 2.7. The rollout emphasizes staged testing on Singularity and a long-term payoff for faster development and new features.