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Brandon Williams commented on CASSANDRA-17242: ---------------------------------------------- bq. Python 2.x support is undesirable for several reasons That is why we emit the warning and don't support it. I don't think there is much help in changing the warning to an error, but I don't see any problem with doing so either. > Remove Python 2.x support from CQLSH > ------------------------------------ > > Key: CASSANDRA-17242 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-17242 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Task > Components: CQL/Interpreter > Reporter: Brad Schoening > Priority: Normal > > Python 2 has now reached EOL and should be removed from CQLSH and other > Cassandra components. > "We are volunteers who make and take care of the Python programming language. > We have decided that January 1, 2020, was the day that we sunset Python 2. > That means that we will not improve it anymore after that day, even if > someone finds a security problem in it. You should upgrade to Python 3 as > soon as you can. > And if many people keep using Python 2, then that makes it hard for [the > volunteers who use Python to make > software|https://python3statement.org/#sections50-why]. They can't use the > good new things in Python 3 to improve the tools they make. > As of January 1st, 2020 no new bug reports, fixes, or changes will be made to > Python 2, and Python 2 is no longer supported. > " > [https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/] > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.1#820001) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@cassandra.apache.org