[Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] support: utils: use python3 explicitly

James Knight james.d.knight at live.com
Wed Sep 22 03:09:15 UTC 2021


On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 5:04 PM Petr Vorel <petr.vorel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Python 2 is EOL sice 2020 [1], it's still available on distros, but may not
> be installed by default (as being replaced by python3).

I do not mind if everyone wants to make a transition to Python 3-only
support utilities, but I just wanted to mention that RHEL still
supports Python 2.x until June 2024 [1]. I am not aware of what
environments may be using RHEL8 to perform Buildroot-related
development and RHEL8 does support Python 3, so it may not be an
issue.

[1]: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhel8-app-streams-life-cycle


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