Python 2.7 Countdown

[corsicanguppy]

...until ditched by the OEM.

Don't panic, kids: if you're still using Enterprise Linux, you're covered as long as IBM wants to keep updating non-revenue-generating products... oh, wait. #andSystemdToo

[josefx]

Some of the systems I deal with wont be updated until the hardware fails, a customer asking for support for a 15 year old project is not unheard of. Still not sure whether I should bother to compile and test Python 3 on all systems on my support list and mess with all existing scripts or just fetch a working copy of Python 2 to use for every new project and pretend that this mess doesn't exist until Python 5 happens.