Hi Hartmut, > Python 2 is dead, dead, dead like the parrot and end-of-prolonged life > as of more than 1 1/2 years. Anyhow, there might still be quite some > software not ported to Python 3 after 10 years. So I'm afraid we need to > keep Python 2.
At this time, more than 2500 packages still depend on Python 2, and that's not just Python libraries. The list includes packages such as TeXlive, LLVM, Rust, OpenJDK, Calibre, OCaml, qemu, etc. For many of these packages, Python 2 is used only as part of the build procedure. Which is run in a highly protective sandbox. So I don't think we need to worry much about having Python 2 in Guix. To discourage people from installing it by accident, we could make it a hidden package. Cheers, Konrad.
