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Fedora 41 Finally Retires Python 2.7


"After sixteen years since the introduction of Python 3, the Fedora project announces that Python 2.7, the last of the Python 2 series, will be retired," according to long-time Slashdot reader slack_justyb. From the announcement on the Fedora changes page: The python2.7 package will be retired wi...

"After sixteen years since the introduction of Python 3, the Fedora project announces that Python 2.7, the last of the Python 2 series, will be retired," according to long-time Slashdot reader slack_justyb.From the announcement on the Fedora changes page: The python2.7 package will be retired without replacement from Fedora Linux 41. Python 2's end of life was originally 2015, but was extended to 2020. We provided this obsolete package for 5 years beyond its retirement date and will continue to provide it until Fedora 40 goes end of life.

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