Bazaar depends on python2, at least according to this person's suggestion: > Bazaar doesn't support python3, it only supports python2.7. I'm guessing
(https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/691381) I for one want to continue using Bazaar in Cygwin, so I'm grateful that python2 is at least an option in Cygwin. Bazaar is free and open-source, and I'm not a contributor, so I'm in no position to tell them to update their software so that it depends on python3 only. On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 7:21 PM Allen Hewes via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cygwin <cygwin-boun...@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of My Name via > > Cygwin > > Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 2:04 PM > > To: brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca > > Cc: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin@cygwin.com> > > Subject: Re: Apparent bug in either (1) Cygwin default Package-list or > (2) > > Package "bzr" dependency-list > > > > This is mostly over my head, so I'm sorry if my comment here is > irrelevant, > > but I'll point out in case anyone here doesn't know, Python 3 doesn't > make > > Python 2 obsolete. They are somewhat incompatible. Python 2 source > > doesn't always run in Python 3 without extensive modification. If > there's any > > message you all would like me to deliver to the Bazaar (bzr) forum, I > will; but > > I'm not a Bazaar developer either, just a user. > > > > Yep, I am in agreement here. I don't understand why Python 2 gets > attention from Cygwin maintainers. I have a found a few packages that are > "linked" (e.g. they have dependencies on either the Python27 or > Python2/Python meta-package), which would explain this to some degree. > Usually, it's just a rebuild (e.g. a re-configure) of the depending-ee... > > I can't get rid of three Python 2.7 packages: python27, python27-pip, > python27-setuptools. I switched over to using alternatives (sometime ago) > so that I can "stop" the craziness of the meta-package "python". I don't > want Python 2 as my 'python'. > > The need to have two Pythons installed at the same time seems to be over. > Shouldn't this remove the need to have meta-packages? > > Cygiwn isn't alone is keeping Python 2 alive. > > /allen > > ________________________________ > > Disclaimer Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, and any attachments and/or > documents linked to this email, are intended for the addressee and may > contain information that is privileged, confidential, proprietary, or > otherwise protected by law. Any dissemination, distribution, or copying is > prohibited. This notice serves as a confidentiality marking for the purpose > of any confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement. If you have received > this communication in error, please contact the original sender. > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
