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Tracking issue for dropping python2 support #75006
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In #74905 (comment), @Mark-Simulacrum said that:
We have not established a minimum minor version for Python 3, we'd need to do some research about what is available on older (linux) systems by default (or through package managers).
Python 2 is still supported by many distros to my knowledge.
I open this issue to track when we drop python2 support.
Some info about Python versions in some Linux distros
Current status: #75006 (comment)
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jyn514 commentedon Aug 1, 2020
This should be an MCP. I don't think we should drop python2 at all, in many distros
pythonstill mean python2.tesuji commentedon Aug 1, 2020
But how long should we support python 2?
jyn514 commentedon Aug 1, 2020
That should be part of the MCP.
Mark-Simulacrum commentedon Aug 1, 2020
IMO it is somewhat premature to consider dropping python 2 (or even when to drop it). Right now continuing to support it is essentially painless - we don't have much python code, and the code we do have is relatively rarely edited in a major way (nor would I want to edit it).
Mark-Simulacrum commentedon Aug 2, 2020
I am going to close this -- if someone wants to propose that we drop python 2 sooner, they should file a compiler team MCP.