Anybody still using Python2?

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Sat Feb 1 21:26:27 UTC 2025


Yo Richard!

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:59:56 -0600
Richard Laager via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Python 2 has been upstream EOL for 5 years. The burden here should be
> on people who want to keep supporting it, not on people who want to
> drop support for it.

There are active Python 2 forks, like Tauthon.
A lot of users do not want Python 3.

I'm happy with Python 3, but every time gpsd breaks Python 2.7, I get
complaints.  Maybe this year is the last year to deal with this mess.

RGDS
GARY
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