Python 2 removed from Debian
This really sucks but at least pyenv exists. Basically distros care so little about their users we have to use external tools to use python2.<p>&quot;Everyone has has a chance to migrate&quot; . Doesn&#x27;t work that way, just yesterday I spent a few hours trying to get scripts that are really good and would take me forever to migrate that are in python2 to work on an ubuntu based distro and this is with pyenv, custom venv,etc... just when you get python syntax worked out you are faced with deprecated or uselessly renamed imports and modules.<p>This is the shitty aspect of using foss stuff. I don&#x27;t pay for it so I have to accept their decission. But in the broader sense, inability to influence things like this even with a ton of other people willing to pay for it is frustrating.<p>You know what would be great? If the community can vote with money pledges. So it you have 1000 people willing to donate $10&#x2F;month to support python on sysv init then if volunteers don&#x27;t want the money we get an external person getting paid 10k&#x2F;month to support these packages even if the corporate  types, developers and &quot;devops&quot;&#x2F;sysadmin people have no use for it.<p>The free part of foss is expensive but I think the middle ground is to collectively pay for the support. I try very hard to avoid python2, I am not a developer and I very easily lose at least 1h&#x2F;month on average to resolve these issues.<p>Do you all know why 2023 will not be the year of the Linux desktop? Because desktops are a commercial market and consumers&#x2F;users cannot sway what the Linux desktop experience is. They either accept things as they are or pay for them by spending time reporting bugs, troubleshooting stuff, asking questions on random sites,etc... a lot of this has to do with change and maintenance requiring human time and resources. It&#x27;s great when there are no issues and volunteers donate their time but it would be great to be able to pay with money also to support features or resolve issues. You can even make sure multiple people pay an equal amount to avoid wealthy people having too much or an influence but it still will not affect regular volunteer work.<p>I was hoping Ubuntu and Fedora would have such features.