Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

could stop progress if such libraries are needed. On Sun, 15 Nov 2020, n952162 wrote: > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 16:03:27 > From: n952162 > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really go

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On 11/15/20 2:39 PM, n952162 wrote: Suddenly, there's no python2 on my system, anywhere.  Is that intentional? All in all, I'd say I got a lot of good feedback.

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:38:53 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > The sed editor might be helpful doing migrations from python 2.7 into > python 3. This would need a sed expert knowing both flavors of python > to write those scripts though and I don't know if any of that was > already done. There are a

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 6:39 AM n952162 wrote: > > Suddenly, there's no python2 on my system, anywhere. Is that intentional? > > python2.7 is circa 2010 with updates through 2019 https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2716/ You should be able to install it in a segregated user virtual

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:38 AM Jude DaShiell wrote: > > The sed editor might be helpful doing migrations from python 2.7 into > python 3. This would need a sed expert knowing both flavors of python to > write those scripts though and I don't know if any of that was already > done. Nobody is for

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

n952162 wrote: > On 11/15/20 2:53 PM, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: >> You are 5 years late >> >> >So, in 2008, we announced that we >would sunset Python 2 in 2015, >> and >asked people to upgrade before then. >Some did, but many did >> not. So, in 2014, >we extended that sunset till 2020. >> >> See a

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

* n952...@web.de: > I confess, I never really read the fine print to the end because it > never occurred to me that python would be so gratuitously > authoritarian as that. Now look at you. Hiding behind an anonymous freemail address, not paying attention (for years), whining that the makers of a

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, 15 Nov 2020, Rich Freeman wrote: > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:32:37 > From: Rich Freeman > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all > broken? > > On S

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:03 AM n952162 wrote: > > I'm trying to think of another language that just tossed it's whole body of > legacy code out the window ... okay Microsoft word does that to its user-base > regularly, it's true... > I'm sure MS has done it, but they're not really a good examp

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 03:25:28PM +0100, n952162 wrote: "Python 2.7 will not be maintained past 2020 ." There are no unmaintained packages in gentoo? You are more then welcome to support your own overlay gentoo-python2!

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 15:25:28 +0100, n952162 wrote: > "Python 2.7 will not be maintained past 2020 > ." > > There are no unmaintained packages in gentoo? A few, such as Python 2.7. -- Neil Bothwick "What I need is a list of specific unknown problems

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On 11/15/20 2:53 PM, Alessandro Barbieri wrote: You are 5 years late >So, in 2008, we announced that we >would sunset Python 2 in 2015, and >asked people to upgrade before then. >Some did, but many did not. So, in 2014, >we extended that sunset till 2020. See also https://www.python.org/doc/sun

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

On 11/15/20 2:52 PM, Miles Malone wrote: > Well yeah, after a *lot* of news items to that effect, and of course the fact it's been deprecated for years anyway, it's gone. If you need the interpreter only for some scripts just select it in your world file, it'll be around a wee while longer, but

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

I confess, I never really read the fine print to the end because it never occurred to me that python would be so gratuitously authoritarian as that. On 11/15/20 2:52 PM, Miles Malone wrote: Well yeah, after a *lot* of news items to that effect, and of course the fact it's been deprecated for ye

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

I'm trying to think of another language that just tossed it's whole body of legacy code out the window ... okay Microsoft word does that to its user-base regularly, it's true... On 11/15/20 2:52 PM, Miles Malone wrote: Well yeah, after a *lot* of news items to that effect, and of course the fact

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

You are 5 years late >So, in 2008, we announced that we >would sunset Python 2 in 2015, and >asked people to upgrade before then. >Some did, but many did not. So, in 2014, >we extended that sunset till 2020. See also https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

This link in the wiki (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Python) is dead: Python 2.7 has reached its end-of-life by 2019-12-31. See news item . On 11/15/20 2:39 PM, n952162 wrote: Suddenly, there's no python2 on my system, anywhe

Re: [gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

Well yeah, after a *lot* of news items to that effect, and of course the fact it's been deprecated for years anyway, it's gone. If you need the interpreter only for some scripts just select it in your world file, it'll be around a wee while longer, but the entire ecosystem is kaput, dead, gone, no

[gentoo-user] python2 really really really gone? Scripts all broken?

Suddenly, there's no python2 on my system, anywhere.  Is that intentional?