I agree. I could possibly understand removing the python 2 packages from a distribution, but *removing them from a user's machine* is never excusable. A policy like that is guaranteed to break something and, indeed, it did.
Good reasons to switch to Debian. :-) -tk On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 4:49 PM Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > Cat22 <[email protected]> writes: > > > Here is the result of the bug I filed which has been closed by them as > "wont fix": > > "Yes, we are removing all python2 packages from the distribution. > > If weewx maintainers haven’t noticed switch to python3 for eleven years, > than you should complain with them." > > Up to you to decide what distribution/packaging system you want to use, > but as someone who maintains a packaging system (pkgsrc), I see outright > removal of all python2 packages as overly aggressive and not in the > interest of users. There are lots of packages that work with python2 > and not python3. Yes, the number is shrinking steadily, but it's still > at the level where outright removal of python2 causes a lot of > collateral damage. > > Besides, weewx 4 is coming soon. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/rmiwo60troo.fsf%40s1.lexort.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAPq0zECzwHDer2bkqog%3DWagHSYVwk6aPWfsFTJU8QKWrA9GXAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
