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Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 by DCKing on Monday April 20, 2020 @04:57PM (#22928461)
Red Hat has committed to keeping Python 2 on life support until 2024 as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 [1] so you can get security fixes for Python 2 until then if you use CentOS 8.

Canonical will not provide long term support for Python 2 as part of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In Ubuntu 20.04, Python 2 is a "universe" package [2] that does not receive updates by Canonical. This means that the you will only get Python 2 security update guarantees with Ubuntu is on 18.04 LTS until April 2023.

Debian is making an active effort [3] to remove Python 2 and packages that depend on it for its next release. It'll likely support Python 2 as part of Debian Buster until 2024.

Note that if you're reading this to delay your move to Python 3 by another few years, you're doing it wrong. This list shows even all slow enterprise-y distros have a deadline for Python 2, not that you can stretch your stuff for a couple of more years :)

[1]: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4455511

[2]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/python2

[3]: https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal

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Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 by takeda on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:01AM (#22931720)
I believe the biggest thing to worry is your application dependencies, if you also depend on packages that come with your system then probably fine (although I noticed that these are largely ignored even if there bugfixes they don't update them)

Otherwise even if your python has security patches for next 4 years, it won't do you any good when you find a bug in one of your dependencies and bugfix is in a version that's python 3 only

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Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 by acdha on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:11PM (#22928617)
Thank you for providing the extra details — I especially agree with your conclusion: go to your boss and say “even if we pay, we're looking at a drop dead date no later than 2024”.
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