Re: Why retire Python 2 packages and games that still work to end user ?

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On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 01:35 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> On 11. 08. 19 1:05, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Why we would retire childsplay or gcompris or gdesklets ? IMHO we
> > still
> > haven't a replacement .
> 
> If the maintainer wants to, they can request an exception for the
> package to be 
> kept.

yes, but just gives more work to package maintainers .

> >  From  [1] I strongly disagree with the text,  why all python 2
> > packages
> > will be removed automatically and why I would have a lot of work if
> > I
> > want keep one package alive . why not the opposite ? .
> 
> Opposite? Retire Python 3? 

The opposite, is just removed the authorized packages . If  maintainer
not respond or aren't against to . 


> > Python 3 it isn't even the default why such hurry to drop python 2
> > at
> > all , when we still have epel 7 with python 2 ...
> 
> Python 3 is the default.

On Fedora 30 still be Python 2 (Python 2.7.16) and Fedora 31 is not yet
released .

Thanks,

> > My opinion at least postpone this decision one or two releases to
> > Fedors 33/34 , many things still just work with python 2 .
> 
> As I ask repeatedly: Who will maintain the Python 2 ecosystem?
> 
> > [1]
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RetirePython2
> 
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