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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Removal of Python2 from openSUSE Tumbleweed
From:       Michael_Ströder <michael () stroeder ! com>
Date:       2020-01-09 16:34:05
Message-ID: 71621a2e-f5e8-3922-ac5a-720f5f5733a7 () stroeder ! com
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On 1/9/20 4:10 PM, Adam Majer wrote:
> On 1/9/20 3:13 PM, Dominique Leuenberger / DimStar wrote:
>> Just a sample:
>> I am just busy switching the fail2ban package to use py3. Upstream had
>> support for it for years - yet our package was never switched.
> 
> I agree with this. What I don't agree with is removing the *interpreter*
> that we (SUSE) still have to maintain anyway. Not keeping the
> *interpreter* in Factory removes the QA feedback from our TW users and
> is unnecessary. Just don't accept anything new that BR: python.
> 
> And if in the future there is something wrong found with python2, it
> could then be easily removed because nothing depends on it anymore.

I completely agree with Adam here.

While I've migrated all my own code to PY3 I see some value to keep the
PY2 interpreter for now, at least in such a way that one can create a
virtual environment for testing legacy stuff.

Ciao, Michael.
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