Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta

Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by ClumsyPilot on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:05PM (#30117384)

"How long is long enough to avoid breaking something the users depend on?"

10 years - a piece of software compiled with 'supported' libraries, SDKs and what have you should function for 10 years. An appliance or a service should function for 10 years and have spare parts avaliable for that long.

That is the guideline I ise as a consumer, if I can see that something won't last a decade, I won't be spending money or time on it if i can avoid it. At that point it's no longer a durable good, it's a consumable.

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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by lakhim on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:07PM (#30118243)

Python2.7 was supposed to be EOL in 2015(!). It was released in 2010. It had 10 years of support mainline.

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Re:Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta by ClumsyPilot on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:32PM (#30123221)

There would still be Python 2.7 software being produced up to EOL, so you have to start counting from 2015.

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