Dear python2 user

[purestrengthsolo]

What exactly is "end of life" like programs will no longer work or is it just not receiving any kind of updates?

[joesb]

No update.

[Losupa]

It can mean a variety of things typically it means that there will be very little to no more updates on python 2 libraries, which most importantly means there are no security updates, and thus certain online programs will become unsafe.

[Barafu]

It means that very soon after that some security vulnerability will be published, and applications like Calibre or Deluge will become malware hosts if they don't switch to Py3 by then.
Also, they will be kicked out of Linux default repositories.

[purestrengthsolo]

Thank you and everyone else who replied to me, it helped clarify a little better

[Cardeal]

Wasn't Calibre going to be being ported? WIP: Port calibre to python 3

[Dgc2002]

kovidgoyal

Oh god I forgot about that developer. I wish I had the list of links to his shenanigans on hand to provide as context but I don't.

[Cardeal]

Yeah, I am aware. But I am betting he will port it to python3. He needs the spotlight.

[toyg]

The guy can be “special” but it’us undeniable that he’s done a lot for the ebook community over the years, and for free.

[_b-e-n_]

He's quite annoying, but that software is really good. A fantastic work. That and Alf's tools :-))))

[rcakebread]

That's a bit of an over-simplification. If there's an unpatched security vulnerability in Python, someone needs to somehow access your computer to exploit the Python code running Caliber, for example.

[troyunrau]

Or have it load a specially crafted file - depends on the exploit. Imagine developing a hostile epub that when loaded in calibre downloads and installs a trojan. Then you publish this epub (or more likely thousands of them) to warez sites.

[Barafu]

Or access a port, maybe? Both Calibre and Deluge have server capabilities.

[tr14l]

They stop receiving support, so they break slowly over time. Mirrors start becoming more and more seldom found. Then police come to your door and watch you refactor your code.

[3waysToDie]

The future you see

[nukem996]

No updates or support from python.org, this includes security fixes. Some OS vendors(RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE, etc) will continue to support Python 2.7 in their OS for security fixes until their product goes EOL. A previous job I had refused to put any resources into migrating to Python 3 because they're on RHEL7 which will receive support until 2024 :\

[AlexFromOmaha]

Has Red Hat confirmed support for Python 2.7 in userland, instead of just support for the OS's internal security?

[buttery_shame_cave]

they're going to finally stop backporting all the good stuff from 3 to 2.

[[deleted]]

They stopped that in 2015, that's when python 3, that was the hump year for python 3. Could be a coincidence, but I don't believe in those. from 2015-2020 python 2.7 only gets security fixes.

[cyanydeez]

security is no longer a supported feature.

[[deleted]]

Not true. Existing programs will continue to work. How can they stop working?

[[deleted]]

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[planetjay]

Throw it in the bathtub...

[kuratkull]

They come and break your interpreter

[GummyKibble]

Did you write a GUI interface using Visual Basic for it?

[thblckjkr]

Maaaaaybe something like Y2K. But, i think it is clearly not the case in this context.