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Re: Can we retire Python 2 now?
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: Can we retire Python 2 now? |
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Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:59:09 +0100 |
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Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 05:29:30PM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Python 2 EOL is only a few days away[*]. We made configure bitch about
>> it in commit e5abf59eae "Deprecate Python 2 support", 2019-07-01. Any
>> objections to retiring it now, i.e. in 5.0?
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> Thanks for the reminder!
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> I'll be honest: even if somebody in this list objects to dropping
> Python 2 support, I'm not willing to be maintainer of a Python 2
> codebase in 2020. The only reason for not doing it in 4.1 was
> the tests/vm/netbsd breakage we took very long to debug and fix.
I wasn't exactly "willing" in 2019...
> I have just submitted this pull request:
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> Subject: [PULL 0/2] Require Python >= 3.5 to build QEMU
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/address@hidden/
Awesome, thanks!