Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2
by TomSwirly on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:13AM
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> The minor improvements of Python 3 did not warrant breaking backwards compatibility and most could have been handled in a way that would not break it opt-in directives.
There were serious issues in Python 2 that could not be fixed in any backward compatible way, and would have made further progress forward impossible.
It wasn't done lightly and a lot of smart people thought about it for a long time.
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And your old Python 2 scripts will continue to work forever, so I'm not quite sure what your beef is.
There were serious issues in Python 2 that could not be fixed in any backward compatible way, and would have made further progress forward impossible.
It wasn't done lightly and a lot of smart people thought about it for a long time.
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And your old Python 2 scripts will continue to work forever, so I'm not quite sure what your beef is.