Anybody still using Python2?

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Wed Jan 29 03:22:27 UTC 2025


Yo Hal!

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:16:35 -0800
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> Anybody still running Python 2 is probably not interested in anything
> new like NTPsec.

And yet, we still get complaints.  There are maintained Python 2.7 forks
that some distros still use and update.

> Is it time to drop support for Python 2.6?

Yes.

> That let's upgrade waf.
>   https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/issues/830
>   ntpsec doesn't build with waf >= 2.1.0

Yes.

RGDS
GARY
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