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Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 by mywittyname on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:34PM (#22928842)
Well, technically we already moved to 3.8, after which needed a library that only works up until 3.7.

It would be nice if library developers kept their code up to date, but that doesn't always happen. Python core devs know this; well all know this, yet they consciously screw with the core libraries with the principle, caveat emptor.

I don't understand why they don't ear-mark these changes for 4.0. These kind of things are a universal frustration with the community and they are so easily avoidable.

Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2 by nitroll on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:16PM (#22939412)
What difference would it make whether the change had been called 3.8 or 4.0?