[edk2-devel] Python2.7 is not working with the EDK2 build system

[Andrew Fish via groups.io]

Should we move to require a min Python version at some point?
> On Oct 5, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Cole <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On 9/6/21 9:18 PM, gaoliming wrote:
>> Bob:
>> 
>>  Yes. Python3 is the formal support. We recommend user to use Python3.
>> But, if user meets the issue in Python2, user can still report the issue
>> in BaseTools. Its priority may be low. For this case, it is the
>> regression issue caused by the recent change. The patch owner is also
>> identified. So, I suggest the patch owner to follow up and enhance his
>> patch.
>> 
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> Sorry for the delayed response, I was on paternity leave since August.
> 
> I haven't seen the actual error in this thread. Is there a clear python
> error being thrown? Maybe the fix is simple but I can't
> 
> But as mentioned elsewhere, python2 has been End of Life since Jan 1
> 2020, over 1.5 years ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to
> keep code working on python2 and latest python3.
> 
> - Cole
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