[Commented On] D11757: backout: backout 5d83a40cd3f8 and re-instate Python 2 support

[durin42 (Augie Fackler)]

durin42 added a comment.


  In D11757#180388 <https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11757#180388>, @Alphare wrote:
  
  > In D11757#180387 <https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11757#180387>, @martinvonz wrote:
  >
  >>> Until this is done (hopefully this cycle), we're keeping Python 2.
  >>
  >> To make sure I understand correctly, "this cycle" here refers to the cycle *after* 6.0? So we're instead hoping that 6.1 will be the last release with support for Python 2?
  >
  > This patch basically mean that if we fix thg packaging before 6.1 is released, we can drop Python 2. For us developers, that means still supporting Python 2 until this is done. Could be tomorrow (fingers crossed heh), at the end of the cycle, or in Mercurial 7.8 if nothing moves on. As said previously we're trying to make that work currently internally at Octobus, but it's really not something that we have time (or really expertise) for right now unfortunately.
  
  I'm not comfortable with this state of affairs, and would like the removal of Python 2 to be reinstated: at this point it's been over a year of hopeful yearning that someone will fix tortoisehg, and at this point I think we need to let it break. It's nice having the GUI, and I hope someone picks it up, but I'm not willing to have hg tied to supporting Python 2 forever on the off chance that someone will modernize tortoisehg some day.

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