Python2 demotion (moving from main to universe) in progress

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 08:44:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 23:24:52 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
>>In any case, there is really very little point in tilting at this
>>windmill now  
>
>Don Quixote doesn't need to worry about thinking about something
>idiotic, since actually it's Sancho Panza who has to face the music.
>However, the analogy fits perfect in this case.
>
>In Germany we tend to self-flagellation, so instead of an "alter ego"
>named "Don Quixote" who lets suffer somebody else for his failure, our
>"alter egos" are usually "Michael Kohlhaas", who does face the music
>himself.
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kohlhaas

PS: Don't get me wrong Xen, I get your point and without doubts you are
"Kohlhaas", as I'm, too. However, there are reasons to distinguish
between different, even official repositories.

Perhaps you are simply using the wrong distro regarding your needs.

For Arch Linux pyton2 isn't moved to the community repository:

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/python/
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/python2/

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/official_repositories#extra
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/official_repositories#community