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Hello,
I use Ubuntu 18.04. Python 2 end of support date is January 1, 2020. Python 2 is installed on my system and I was wondering if Ubuntu will be providing security updates to Python2 after that date through the repositories. If Ubuntu won't provide security updates after that date, should I purge Python 2 from my system in order to keep my system secure? I currently do have a few programs that depend on Python 2 and would rather not have them purged unless absolutely necessary.
All packages from the main repository are guaranteed support for the full 5 years. End of life upstream means all fixes have to be done in-house.Quote:
Python 2 is installed on my system and I was wondering if Ubuntu will be providing security updates to Python2 after that date through the repositories.
Case in point, the 4.15 linux kernel that ships with 18.04's original release will be supported the full 5 but hasn't been supported upstream since around the time 18.04 was released.
Python is fairly core to the system, especially for the Desktop release.Quote:
should I purge Python 2 from my system in order to keep my system secure?
So I wouldn't recommend removing it as that can break everything.
You could just install pyenv and do things that way..just another option