From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: help-guix <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Does Guix provide security support for Python2? For how long?
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:07:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ3okZ0Bp8KbWcbOVPUZ+kG2C=rEUUcdr6Z7uu_aWn2s+_2ZwQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ft325gws.fsf@disroot.org>
Hi,
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 17:02, Jorge P. de Morais Neto
<jorge+list@disroot.org> wrote:
>
> Hi. I use Guix on a foreign distro---Debian buster (current stable). I
> want to upgrade Debian to bullseye (current testing), but bullseye does
> not provide security support for Python 2. I still use Python 2 for
> OfflineIMAP. There is a Python 3 port of OfflineIMAP, but it was done
> very recently and I fear it is probably be buggy. So I would like to
> install Guix Python 2 atop Debian bullseye just for OfflineIMAP. Would
> that work fine? Does Guix, unlike Debian bullseye, still provide
> security support for Python 2? For how long?
As far as I know, Guix provides the security support that upstream releases.
Using the Guix time-machine, the code that works now should work
exactly the same in the future, even if Python 2 is removed in the
future Guix releases. Does it make sense?
All the best,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-15 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-15 16:00 Does Guix provide security support for Python2? For how long? Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2021-01-15 17:07 ` zimoun [this message]
2021-01-15 17:18 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2021-01-15 18:17 ` dario
2021-01-15 18:28 ` Jorge P. de Morais Neto
2021-01-15 19:56 ` Leo Famulari
2021-01-15 20:06 ` zimoun
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