Re: Considering dropping Python 2 support (was Re: Python.h quirk)

2019-09-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond via devel
Gary E. Miller via devel : > Yo Mark! > > On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:33:37 -0700 > Mark Atwood via devel wrote: > > > Given that the Python community is driving hard on deprecating > > Python2 on 2020-01-01, I'm inclined to drop Python2 support on that > > date. > > > > https://pythonclock.org/ >

Re: Considering dropping Python 2 support (was Re: Python.h quirk)

2019-09-22 Thread Gary E. Miller via devel
Yo Mark! On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:33:37 -0700 Mark Atwood via devel wrote: > Given that the Python community is driving hard on deprecating > Python2 on 2020-01-01, I'm inclined to drop Python2 support on that > date. > > https://pythonclock.org/ Python 2 has been deprecated since before 2015.

Re: Considering dropping Python 2 support (was Re: Python.h quirk)

2019-09-22 Thread Hal Murray via devel
> Given that the Python community is driving hard on deprecating Python2 on > 2020-01-01, I'm inclined to drop Python2 support on that date. That doesn't give us an excuse to screwup just because somebody has an old file around. Lots of people run old unsupported software. > the distros wil

Considering dropping Python 2 support (was Re: Python.h quirk)

2019-09-21 Thread Mark Atwood via devel
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019, at 11:03, Eric S. Raymond via devel wrote: > > The problem, of course, is that the Python 2 and Python3 development > package both want to own Python.h, > and the name is not versioned. > > I don't see any fix for this other than "have the right dev kit > installed whebn