Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: kernel-doc: avoid script crash on ancient Python

[Jonathan Corbet]

Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Agreed, this breaks more than it fixes.
>
> Python 2.7 reached end-of-life over five years ago. Do we really have to
> cater for ancient stuff? Which actual real world cases do not have
> Python 3+ available? Please just let it go, and see if anyone ever
> notices?

I kind of have to agree.  The only real Python 2 user I know about is
OpenOffice.org, which promises to get off any year now.  Meanwhile, as I
recall, the advice from the Python project is to say "python3" and not
count on bare "python" being available.

jon