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Yes, but the big thing which will make it truly EOL is when the long-term support Linux distributions drop it. Right now you can have a fully supported system f
by acdha 3y ago
Yes, but the big thing which will make it truly EOL is when the long-term support Linux distributions drop it. Right now you can have a fully supported system from Red Hat, Amazon, Ubuntu, etc. with Python 2 on it. All of the slackers have been delaying upgrades because that extended support means they don’t immediately fail their compliance audits.
- dharmab 3y agoI'm not sure about the others, but Python 2 is not officially supported on Ubuntu. It was moved into Universe and is considered a community-supported package rather than supported by Canonical.
- acdha 3y agoUbuntu offers paid support. 14 is only falling out of that this coming April: https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
- dharmab 3y agoYeah, but it's incredibly expensive. We got quoted a $$$$$$+ _monthly_ number several years ago, which helped us justify to the business to upgrade to Python 3.
- acdha 3y agoInteresting, they must scale up with age. I had to deal with that recently and it was cheaper than trying to rush a late development project for a replacement.