Python 2 removed from Debian

#1

Post by zdw » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 4:42 AM UTC

Python 2 removed from Debian
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Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by josephcsible » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 5:54 AM UTC

3 years after going EOL, and 14 years after the release of Python 3. Good riddance at long last.

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by chungy » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:09 AM UTC

josephcsible wrote: post #2

3 years after going EOL, and 14 years after the release of Python 3. Good riddance at long last.

I suspect that Debian 10 and 11 will continue getting security patches for some time. All the same, it's great progress. :)

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by jacquesm » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:11 AM UTC

And not a decade too soon. The Python 2 -> Python 3 migration will be studied for a long time as an example how not to release a new version of your language or library, right next to that Angular thingy. The number of headaches I've had to deal with because of this over the years have just about soured me on the whole Python offering, and I used to be a pretty big fan.

Great that Debian finally pulls the plug on it, that means that most if not all of the downstream distros (such as Ubuntu) will probably follow suit, that's a big fraction of the whole Linux eco-system.

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by captn3m0 » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:18 AM UTC

chungy wrote: post #3

josephcsible wrote: post #2

3 years after going EOL, and 14 years after the release of Python 3. Good riddance at long last.

I suspect that Debian 10 and 11 will continue getting security patches for some time. All the same, it's great progress. :)

Debian 11 goes EOL in August 2026.

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:24 AM UTC

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Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by nibbleshifter » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:24 AM UTC

print "goodbye, sweet prince"

I've been slowly porting a lot of my legacy code from 2 to 3 on an as-needed basis, there's a few bits though that are just too huge/crusty/etc that they will never get ported.

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:25 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #4

And not a decade too soon. The Python 2 -> Python 3 migration will be studied for a long time as an example how not to release a new version of your language or library, right next to that Angular thingy. The number of headaches I've had to deal with because of this over the years have just about soured me on the whole Python offering, and I used to be a pretty big fan. Great that Debian finally pulls the plug on it,…

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Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by logicallee » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:26 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #4

And not a decade too soon. The Python 2 -> Python 3 migration will be studied for a long time as an example how not to release a new version of your language or library, right next to that Angular thingy. The number of headaches I've had to deal with because of this over the years have just about soured me on the whole Python offering, and I used to be a pretty big fan. Great that Debian finally pulls the plug on it,…

Yes, it is nice to see the python 3 migration is pretty much done, it really could have happened literally a decade ago! While we're all here: which is the package manager to use?

Re: Python 2 removed from Debian

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Post by anttihaapala » Tue, Jan 03, 2023, 6:29 AM UTC

logicallee wrote: post #9

jacquesm wrote: post #4

And not a decade too soon. The Python 2 -> Python 3 migration will be studied for a long time as an example how not to release a new version of your language or library, right next to that Angular thingy. The number of headaches I've had to deal with because of this over the years have just about soured me on the whole Python offering, and I used to be a pretty big fan. Great that Debian finally pulls the plug on it,…

Yes, it is nice to see the python 3 migration is pretty much done, it really could have happened literally a decade ago! While we're all here: which is the package manager to use?

> which is the package manager to use?

pip