On 25 October 2017 at 11:16, Michael Shell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:56:55 -0500 > Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We have Python-2.7.14 as a required dep > > > This prompts me to ask: What is the current status of going to a > "pure python 3" BLFS system (one that no longer supports Python 2)? > > I know the v3 syntax change is a real pain, but shouldn't we be able > to finally jetison Python 2 by now? After all, it's been 8 years > since Python 3 has been released and automated 2->3 code conversion > scripts exist. > Python3 *is* the default within the python community; they do not even talk about python2. It's other groups/organisations (Red Hat comes to mind) that are clinging on to python2 and won't let it die. Richard
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