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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by stephenr on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:43AM (#30116015)
They literally did that, in 2019: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-note..., and specifically mentioned *then* that Python2.7 was not recommended.
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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by Wowfunhappy on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:50AM (#30116142)
Yes, and I was surprised when Monterrey launched with Python 2 still included.

But I really did think that since it was in Monterrey, it was going to stick around until at least macOS 13.

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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by stephenr on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:58AM (#30116273)
Let's face it: at this point macOS version numbers are a marketing tool, and not much more. It's only 2 major releases ago that a "x.y" release *would* have been considered "major".
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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by Wowfunhappy on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:00AM (#30116312)
I don't think that's particularly relevant. It was pretty clear that between 10.0 and 10.15, the second number was the "major" version for all intents and purposes, and now it's the first number.
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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by Spooky23 on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:58AM (#30116267)
They probably had a major customer who needed it for some wacky reason.
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