Python2 demotion (moving from main to universe) in progress

[Sam Wille]

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On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Python upstream announced the EOL of Python2 for 2020
>
>   https://pythonclock.org/
>
> Getting Python2 demoted has been an ongoing task for several Ubuntu
> releases,
> now finally having a desktop CD image in Ubuntu 17.10 which ships without a
> Python2 interpreter.  The next step is to get Python2 demoted to universe,
> before finally in the far future it can be removed entirely from the
> archive.
> To get this done, we need:
>
>  - OpenStack package builds using Python3
>  - Removing or updating Python2 packages in the Ubuntu seeds.
>  - Fixing remaining packages to use Python3 instead of Python2
>  - Make sure that no new Python2 packages enter main (now being
>    a topic for the MIR process).
>
> Besides the OpenStack issues, you can find about 50 remaining issues at
>
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=py2-demotion
>
> There are now about 35 left, so please consider working on these, or
> commenting
> on solutions for some issue.
>
> It is unlikely that the demotion of Python2 will be possible for the 18.04
> LTS
> release, but please work on the issues so that we are ready for the
> demotion
> once OpenStack is using Python3.
>
> Thanks, Matthias
>
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