python 2.7 marked as deprecated and EOL while 2.7.18 RC is available

[Dima Pasechnik]

scons ought to be updated to version 3 (the latest is 3.1.2), and
supports both python 2.7+ and 3.5+

lilypond is another story - noone seems to have bitten the bullet and
ported it to Python 3.
But I don't see a problem in keeping Python 2.7 available for some
time in FreeBSD - it just should stop being default one.



On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 7:41 AM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I see both mate-menu and mate-applets require python27, but both build fine
> and seem to be running well when built with py37. It is possible that one
> or more applets that I don't use do require py27, but I see no reason for
> that requirement on mate-menus. The menus seem to be fine.
>
> Inkscape is another. It  builds and runs on py37, but I have no confidence
> that it runs properly. I have not used inkscape in years and I don't really
> know how to test it. I am dubious.
>
> math/gnumeric is one I use daily and it explicitly states in the build that
> 2.x is required and it is not yet compatible with python3+. It appears that
> the default is to simply build gnumeric without Python bindings in which
> case python2 is not required, but the port makes use of it, so it probably
> needs at least some massaging.
>
> The big one is scons. It is required by virtualbox-ose, and that is rather
> important.
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