

Other long term Linux distributions that are already committed to Supported by other people if problems emerge, because there are First, it seems very likely that Python 2 will be However, in practice thereĪre two issues. In theory it could drop Python 2 on the grounds that it's no longer Since Ubuntu 20.04 will be released after the Python 2 cutoff date, Various things you could be working on, which is generally our

This is especially important when you have to prioritize Now, but there's a difference between being prepared and beingįorced. (Of course it might be a good idea to port our tools to Python 3 To have our tools running on Python 3 before then. Which means that if Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't include Python 2, we need These systems will need to run our Python system management tools, If theyįollow this pattern, they will release the next LTS in April ofĢ020, after Python 2's end of life (which the Python people sayīegin using Ubuntu 20.04 on some systems that summer and autumn. So far, Ubuntu has done LTS releases every two years in April ġ0.04, 14.04, 16.04, and now the impending 18.04. Very likely April 2020 Long Term Support release (Ubuntu 20.04) will Of Python programs boils down to the question of whether Ubuntu's One of the questions about what we have to do about our current set Really, especially if you're not a full time developer or Python Two years seems like a long time, but it's not It's 2018, which means that 2020's end of Python 2 support is only
