> I am not sure if the latest distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat) have all removed python 2 packages. If not, it will be gone with the next major release R

> I am not sure if the latest distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat) have all removed python 2 packages. If not, it will be gone with the next major release Red Hat has not. Ubuntu has not in its most recent stable release. Debian "unstable" is still using Python 2, so I don't think your statement holds up. https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian Also, Trac developers ave been making progress on Python3 as recently as 8 days ago: https://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/12130 https://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/12130