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NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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Re: NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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Just rip the band-aid off. Some of the async stuff in Python 3 is awesome. A bit curious that 3.4 has been dropped, as that's the stock Python 3 shipped for CentOS 7.

Debian also does not have anything above python 3.4 on the stable packages branch

3.6 has been dev and test since 2016

Re: NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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post #4

Just rip the band-aid off. Some of the async stuff in Python 3 is awesome. A bit curious that 3.4 has been dropped, as that's the stock Python 3 shipped for CentOS 7.

Debian also does not have anything above python 3.4 on the stable packages branch 3.6 has been dev and test since 2016

It's not very clear, but this release is last release supporting 2.7 & 3.4. 1.5.6 supports 3.4.

Re: NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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post #4

Just rip the band-aid off. Some of the async stuff in Python 3 is awesome. A bit curious that 3.4 has been dropped, as that's the stock Python 3 shipped for CentOS 7.

Debian also does not have anything above python 3.4 on the stable packages branch 3.6 has been dev and test since 2016

Why in the world is Debian like this? Their buggy latexmk is also from 2015.

Somehow I feel like every system that I want to keep updated stays on an old version, and every system that I want to keep pinned to some version just force-feeds me its updates...

Re: NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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post #4

Just rip the band-aid off. Some of the async stuff in Python 3 is awesome. A bit curious that 3.4 has been dropped, as that's the stock Python 3 shipped for CentOS 7.

The code I've written recently relies heavily on async and data classes, both of which are recent additions. I can't imagine choosing Python 2 at this point.

Re: NumPy 1.16 is the last release to support Python 2.7

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post #4

Just rip the band-aid off. Some of the async stuff in Python 3 is awesome. A bit curious that 3.4 has been dropped, as that's the stock Python 3 shipped for CentOS 7.

Debian also does not have anything above python 3.4 on the stable packages branch 3.6 has been dev and test since 2016

Debian stable (Stretch aka Debian 9, released summer 2017, regular support through ~summer 2020) has Python 3.5. Debian oldstable (Jessie aka Debian 8, released summer 2015, regular support through summer 2018) had Python 3.4. If you're on oldstable it's time to think about upgrading....

The next stable release (Buster aka Debian 10) is just starting the freeze process now and expected to come out this summer - Debian is in practice on a ~two-year release cycle, and regular support for each release lasts one year after the next stable release comes out. Buster will have Python 3.7 as default.

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