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Re:Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions ... by airstrike on Monday March 25, 2024 @12:31PM (#39818324)
download python 2.7 and run it? no pyenv needed
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Re:Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions ... by Hackbraten on Monday March 25, 2024 @02:03PM (#39819439)
2.7 has been EOL for five years. It doesn’t get security updates nor bug fixes.
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Re:Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions ... by akurtzhs on Monday March 25, 2024 @02:37PM (#39819781)
Python Foundation support ended that long ago, but vendors maintained it for longer. Red Hat support for it through RHEL 7 ends 30 June 2024, however, and my guess is they’re the last ones.
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Re:Pyenv – lets you easily switch between multiple versions ... by sumtechguy on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @11:02AM (#39840190)
For this use case it is probably fine to have 2.7.x installed to use for this. Just annoyed. The downside to having it that way is this weird stray python installed. Would rather use something to switch it around to make it easier to keep track. But in the end it didnt mater as someone else had already updated it and I did not have to bother. Maybe next time :)
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