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On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Python upstream announced the EOL of Python2 for 2020 > > https://pythonclock.org/ > > Getting Python2 demoted has been an ongoing task for several Ubuntu > releases, > now finally having a desktop CD image in Ubuntu 17.10 which ships without a > Python2 interpreter. The next step is to get Python2 demoted to universe, > before finally in the far future it can be removed entirely from the > archive. > To get this done, we need: > > - OpenStack package builds using Python3 > - Removing or updating Python2 packages in the Ubuntu seeds. > - Fixing remaining packages to use Python3 instead of Python2 > - Make sure that no new Python2 packages enter main (now being > a topic for the MIR process). > > Besides the OpenStack issues, you can find about 50 remaining issues at > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=py2-demotion > > There are now about 35 left, so please consider working on these, or > commenting > on solutions for some issue. > > It is unlikely that the demotion of Python2 will be possible for the 18.04 > LTS > release, but please work on the issues so that we are ready for the > demotion > once OpenStack is using Python3. > > Thanks, Matthias > > -- > ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list > ubuntu-devel-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce >
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