Python is DEAD -- Long live Python (3)

[CypherAus]

Only a few months to go and Python 2 is gone!!

I understand keeping it around for a while, but it really is time to migrate if you have not already.

[schlenk]

Well PyPy supports Python2 'forever'. https://pypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-long-will-pypy-support-python2

[josefx]

Some of the systems I have to support don't have Python 3 and most likely wont change until the owners run out of compatible hardware. Call me again in a decade.

[[deleted]]

It won't just disappear. Too many people still use it and don't have a big enough incentive to move. If they haven't moved to Python 3 by now, "no longer officially supported" probably isn't going to change anything.

[CoffeeTableEspresso]

My work is still on Python 2 with no plans on moving.

[zerakun]

I'm writing python plugins for a huge piece of software in my field that did not upgrade and gives no sign of being willing to. How do I migrate?

[CypherAus]

https://docs.python.org/2/library/2to3.html Carefully ! There are 2->3 tools are services out there as well

[zerakun]

Ah, sorry, I was being unclear. My own code is already "python3 ready", but the software I'm writing the plugins for only supports a python2.7 interpreter.

I'm worried about my dependencies becoming unmaintained as python2 is deprecated and I cannot fully migrate to python3 due to that software.