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Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2 by Hendrikto on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:34AM (#25890646)
> I simply do not have the time to rewrite the many Python 2 scripts that have written over the years that run my computer.

In 12 years? You must have written some very extensive scripts.

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Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2 by blandflakes on Sunday January 24, 2021 @09:20AM (#25892207)
While I also find the timeline totally reasonable, I think most "I don't have the time" complaints are probably less about being able to finish it in time, and more about wanting to spend time doing something other than rewriting otherwise finished or stable code to satisfy a backwards-incompatible change.
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