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Python 2.7 is not dead because the PSF stopped supporting it. Thinking it is would be equivalent to thinking that C is dead because Bell Labs no longer supports
by umanwizard 7y ago
Python 2.7 is not dead because the PSF stopped supporting it. Thinking it is would be equivalent to thinking that C is dead because Bell Labs no longer supports it.
I predict that Python 2.7 will continue being supported by some capable organization for at least the next 10 years. As a lower bound, Red Hat has promised to continue supporting it for RHEL 8 customers until at least 2024.
- oliwarner 7y agoThis is a Tinkerbell argument, but it's accurate enough. Python 2 will exist in some form, while people believe in it enough. But as you say, that support is likely to be paid. Many deployments rely on more than a supported cpython binary. External packages and the rest of the server stack. The Python community has largely dropped Python 2 support. If you don't need that, great. If you do... Then what? You could pay people to support your entire stack. You could upgrade. It's that choice that makes Python 2 dead. You can still run Windows 2000. Doesn't mean it's not dead.