On Tuesday 11 May 2021 08:13:06 andy pugh wrote:

> This has been discussed a little in an out of the way corner of
> github:
> https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/943#issuecomment-835870729
>
> But I think that the time has come to decide that Py2 support does not
> belong in 2.9.
> I think that this also means losing GTK2 support(?), so there will be
> some breakage of UI and existing VCP panels.
>
> There has been a suggestion to make a final Py2 release based on
> master, but I don't know if that would help all that much with those
> users running master from Buildbot, as they will probably still end up
> installing a Py2-free Master before they notice.

I don't have much pull here, and I've been expecting some breakage of the 
gui (axis in this case) when it happens. So while I'm not looking 
forward to an extended breakdown, it seems to me that the python version 
s/b frozen at whatever is in debian 10 for python 3 because that is 
tracked by raspbian.

My rpi4 currently has 3.7.3-1. Not the latest but it has had time to 
settle a bit.

I'd suggest first, doing away with python3 to 2 translations currently 
used, one at a time and fixing that breakage as it comes up. But what do 
I know. I'm not a pythom coder & never will be.

But while I can always revert to 2.8, I don't think I'm doing anything 
the 2.8 can't do, I do enjoy playing the coal mines canary if you will 
let me.

Take care and stay well everybody.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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