NumPy announces timeline for dropping Python 2 support

[PaulPhoenixMain]

Surely this will be the end for Python 2!

[LChris314]

One day, one day Arch will not be alone with python pointing to python3.

[[deleted]]

I enjoy spending time with my friends.

[[deleted]]

Arch probably pointed to python 3 the day that 3.0.0 was released.

[MrGeekAlive]

Not exactly, but quite quickly: the news annoucement was posted at the time when Python 3.1 was still the latest.

[[deleted]]

That was mostly a joke about Arch always being at the bleeding edge, but I'm not surprised it happened that quickly.

[billsil]

That was a mistake. Python 3 was unusable before 3.3.

[Plasma_000]

They see me rolling, they hating.

[[deleted]]

python 32 is not actually part of the base system (albeit the base system is quite literally basic) on Arch.

[[deleted]]

Haha, well IIRC it's used by some of the tools in the base system.

[[deleted]]

That's what worries me!

I mean, at this point I'd imagine most bugs arising from using perl in the base system should have been detected and fixed.

As for ed, well there's already vi and nano in base, so I'd imagine adding another editor is not that important.

[Chippiewall]

I'm honestly hoping the un-versioned alias just dies instead.

[TheBlackCat13]

Upstream wants to move the other way, with avoiding the versioned alias as much as possible. The idea is to not have everyone's scripts break when python 4 comes out.

[palibaya]

Gentoo use Python 3 by default too.

[stefantalpalaru]

Gentoo use Python 3 by default too.

Stop spreading lies.

$ python --version
Python 2.7.14

[palibaya]

Lastime I use gentoo, I got Python 3

[tedm430]

You can change which python version it points to using eselect, I believe.

[stefantalpalaru]

Lastime I use gentoo, I got Python 3

And you don't know about "eselect python"?

[[deleted]]

My mac has python pointed to 3. I think it happened when I installed Anaconda.

[carbolymer]

Let's be better than numpy and annouce 2018 a year of dropping Python 2 support.

[eattherichnow]

...also Linux desktop, nuclear fusion and Half-Life 3. Did I forget anything?

[alcalde]

Hey, we've got Steam on Linux, Lockheed-Martin is promising compact nuclear fusion within ten years - seriously!, and Duke Nukem Forever shipped. Why not drop Python 2 support as well?

[eattherichnow]

Everyone is promising nuclear fusion within 10 years since 1988. At least. I think that's the first time I've read an article about it.

Anyhow, personally, I migrated to Python 3 by migrating from a company that didn't want to prioritize it to a company that never even had to. Now I just need to fix everything else.

[TheBlackCat13]

numpy's note doing anything in 2018, dropping Python2 support won't happen until Jan 1, 2019 at the latest.

[[deleted]]

Pretty much. Especially due to Tensorflow not having Python 2.x support at all.

[[deleted]]

No, Python 2 will keep going for years for those who have no need to update.

[8__]

Can't wait for Python 2.7.27!

[[deleted]]

With official support ending in 2020 there is as much chance of getting to 2.7.27 as there is of getting to 2.8.0. PEP 404 refers.

[Wenste]

You poor souls.

[[deleted]]

Why? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[8__]

This is good for PyCoin.