On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 16:14 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Jim Popovitch writes ("Re: should Debian add itself to > https://python3statement.org ?"): > > On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 16:01 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > Drew Parsons writes ("should Debian add itself to > > > https://python3statement.org ?"): > > > > https://python3statement.org/ is a site documenting the projects which > > > > are supporting the policy of dropping Python2 to keep Python3 only. > > > > > > That statement is a *pledge* to drop support for python2 by the end of > > > 2020. > > > > FWIW, that proposed ending date is 2020-01-01, ~110 days from now. > > It says > > | the following projects have pledged to drop support for Python 2.7 > | no later than 2020, coinciding with the Python development team's > | timeline for dropping support for Python 2.7. > > which is rather ambiguous.
I agree, that site seems, by-design, to avoid the obvious issue that the Python Developers have stated (in lots of places) that they will stop supporting Python 2x on 2020-01-10 (search for "python2 eol") > If we do interpret it to mean 2020-01-01, I doubt there is any > realistic chance of us making that, even if we decide we want to. I agree, it's a time waster to even try. The issue really comes down to: will DDs support python2 security releases through bullseye's eol. -Jim P.