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[Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

> However the idea for Inkscape (at least the "LTS" branch 0.92.x) is to
support both, python2 and python3,

I'm wondering if this might be a mistake. After all, Python 2 will be
unsupported by upstream in a few months time. Not even security bugs
will be fixed, so using it is dangerous from then on. By providing
support for Python 2, you're basically asserting to the Inkscape user
that everything is fine and she can keep going, but that isn't the case.
Everybody should feel a great deal of pressure for upgrading now! That's
why many projects have pledged to remove Python 2 support before the end
of the year [1]. I maintain a bunch of more or less popular Python
projects, and have purposefully removed Python 2 support from all of
them. That itches some users but, again, I think this is a good thing.
The more people a pressured into upgrading, the better.


[1] https://python3statement.org/

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Title:
  inkscape: Port to Python 3

Status in Inkscape:
  Fix Committed
Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in inkscape package in Debian:
  Confirmed
Status in inkscape package in Fedora:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  inkscape: Use/Port of Python3 needed, or considering demotion.

  Currently seeded in usb (???), owned by desktop-packages.

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