Re: Intent to orphan Python 2

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:58:57AM +0200, Petr Viktorin wrote:
> And if you read the original mail to the end, you'll find that our
> position is not as black-and-white as it might look from the Subject
> line.
> As Python SIG we maintain old Python versions like 2.6 or 3.3
> *today* – but just for developers who need to test backwards
> compatibility of their upstream libraries; we don't want to see them
> used as a base for Fedora packages. Why? To make sure Fedora
> packages work with modern Python, and to have only one
> time-sensitive place to concentrate on when a critical security fix
> comes. We want to put Python 2.7 in the same situation.

Sorry I'm a late to this thread. Have you considered making the
"legacy" python 2.7 a module? This would provide a clear way to define
the lifecycle and service level expectations.

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fedora Project Leader
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