Hi, Konrad Hinsen skribis: >> Python 2 is dead, dead, dead like the parrot and end-of-prolonged life >> as of more than 1 1/2 years. Anyhow, there might still be quite some >> software not ported to Python 3 after 10 years. So I'm afraid we need to >> keep Python 2. > > At this time, more than 2500 packages still depend on Python 2, and > that's not just Python libraries. The list includes packages such as > TeXlive, LLVM, Rust, OpenJDK, Calibre, OCaml, qemu, etc. > > For many of these packages, Python 2 is used only as part of the build > procedure. Which is run in a highly protective sandbox. So I don't think > we need to worry much about having Python 2 in Guix. To discourage > people from installing it by accident, we could make it a hidden > package. I agree. What we could do is start removing ‘python2-’ packages, especially those with a non-negligible maintenance cost (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, etc.). We can move them to the Guix-Past channel if there’s interest. The attached script lists unused ‘python2-’ leaf packages: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix repl -- unused-python2-packages.scm | wc -l 288 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Are these good candidates for removal? Thoughts? Ludo’.