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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by rocqua on Sunday June 16, 2019 @04:37PM (#20197730)
> Python has been updated to 3.7.3, and we have successfully removed dependencies on Python 2.x from the main install image (for now, Python 2 continues to be available in the repositories for people who need legacy applications);

This is cool. I wish ubuntu/debian would move towards this.

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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by kilburn on Sunday June 16, 2019 @05:47PM (#20198111)
Debian is moving towards this [1], just at its own speed (i.e.: slowly to try and avoid breakages as much as possible).

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/p...

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Re:OpenMandriva, the first Clang-built Linux distribution by Conan_Kudo on Sunday June 16, 2019 @09:25PM (#20199070)
That's basically never, then. Debian "maintains" tons of old, broken software in their repositories.
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