[bastawhiz]

> But if I was running a Python team that had been effectively just trying to get the job done in 2.7 for over a decade I would have to admit that I wanted to switch for my own sake - I think it would be unlikely to make them that much more happy or productive.

Part of being a software engineer is keeping your environment up to date. Sure, I could keep using Node 0.10. But I'll get no updates for security or fixes for bugs.

If you're on a team that hasn't updated to a version that's supported, then you're neglecting one of the fundamental ongoing maintenance tasks involved in software engineering. If that's "too hard" to do over the course of a decade, then perhaps there's something wrong with your engineering culture.

Sure, you don't have to do it. But don't expect the rest of the world to continue to support your old setup. If you have to compile Py2.7 from source because RHEL doesn't come with it, that's fair penance for not keeping up with the community. It's just about the most entitled thing in the world to say "I didn't spend the two weeks in ten years time to upgrade to a newer version [using the numerous automated tools] and I'm mad that the world at large isn't making it easy for me to continue to not do anything."

[nrser]

I'll just say this... I still have 2.7 as my base install... for Ansible. Because they haven't switched yet.

Ansible is owned by... Red Hat. They acquired it in late 2015.

Seems like Red Hat - the people in the post that we're talking about that are shoveling folks off 2.7 - has been neglecting one of the fundamental ongoing maintenance tasks involved in software engineering, and perhaps has something wrong with their engineering culture.

Sorry, this shit is just too funny.

And it seems that Red Hat is booting Ansible from the core repos as well (looks like it's in that depreciation notice!), presumably instead of spending the "two weeks" to update it (you might want to go ask the Ansible team why they're too damn lazy to spend that "two weeks", see what they say).

However, unlink Red Hat and Ansible, some organization depend on the softwares in question, and can't just sideline them 'cause the shit they've successfully run on for a decade-plus has lost it's blessing.