On: Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support

[rplnt]

RHEL7 "runs on" Python 2 and is to be supported at least until 2024, so I don't think Python 2 is going away.

[collinmanderson → rplnt]

At the same time, Red Hat is aggressively switching everything to Python 3.

http://portingdb.xyz

(Red Hat has been one of the primary maintainers of Python 2.7 in the last few years. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7582300 )

The BSDs on the other hand (including MacOS) "run on" Python 2 and haven't made as much progress switching to Python 3.

[beefhash → rplnt]

Extended EOL for RHEL6, which runs on Python 2.6 is in mid-2024, too. Python 2 isn't going to go away for a long time in the enterprise yet.