Python upstream announced the EOL of Python2 for 2020
https://pythonclock.org/
It is unlikely that the demotion of Python2 will be possible for the
18.04 LTS
release, but please work on the issues so that we are ready for the
demotion
once OpenStack is using Python3.
Personally I don't know *why* this needed to happen. Also from the
perspective of the python devs, I mean.
It was pushed upon an unwilling community and the python people have
really been pulling the cart with great force against wheels unwilling
to leave the tracks.
Which should be indication enough that it's still needed.
There are so many older systems and older packages and at some point it
will simply be impossible to run these programs and there was never a
great necessity to see Python 2 go.
Except to force more people onto Python 3.
Alternatives kinda ...blow... in that sense.
You don't want people to have choice if they keep making the wrong ones
right.
But I was going to say 2 years might seem like a lot, or 3 years, but it
is nothing.
Meanwhile we can still run C programs from 1980, basically.
Or whereabouts, at least.
I think you can definitely find a way to compile most programs from
1990...
The discontinuation of PHP 5 also seems to have been unnecessary and
puts many many people into a tough spot.
Preventing people from upgrading their distributions etc.
I mean I understand Ubuntu is a 'consumer' here and not a 'producer' (or
follower and not leader) but sometimes...
The ones who follow seem more eager than the ones who lead.
Meanwhile there is not really any good reasons for the discontinuation.
It's just done because people want it to be done but there aren't really
any good reasons for it.
And before anyone says anything: electrical screwdrivers are very handy,
but we can still buy ordinary ones.
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