Yo Eric! On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 06:14:13 -0400 "Eric S. Raymond via devel" <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> Richard Laager via devel <devel@ntpsec.org>: > > RHEL 6 support (measured in terms of security updates) ends in > > November of this year. So by the time a version of NTPsec releases > > without Python 2 support, we'd be looking at RHEL 7. > > On top of that, it has been Red Hat's official position for some time > that RHEL 6 shout *not* block transition to Python 3 only. Now you just need to convince the RHEL, and related, users. > There may be other reasons to keep Python 2 support, but as Richard > says RHEL 6 will stop being one of them before our next point release > after this one. And then how long for users to update? Two years? Three years? > This is not a judgment I am making casually. Peter Donis and I wrote > this: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/practical-python-porting/ It's > still the best guide on how to write Python that runs under both 2 > and 3. Yes, and since you made it so simple, why stop support Python 2 now? > Peter and I have been tracking the transition very closely > and one of the questions I'm keeping in my mind is when I amend that > document to say "there is no longer any point in this for new code". As many of us are. > That moment is nearly upon us, and I'm pretty certain it will arrive > before 2020 ends. Gentoo thought that. But they do not any more. Just the Gentoo work so far has been a massive headache for Gentoo, and the TODO list is still very long. Too many things, like Kodi, that still need Python 2. Large amounts of critical infrastructure are still ython 2 only. I suggest you wait until AFTER the major distros pull the plug on Python 2. Or, just like seccomp, you volunteer to take all the complaints. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 g...@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." - Lord Kelvin
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