Python 2 will be replaced with Python 3 in the next RHEL major release
This is good:<p>- Python 2 support officially ends somewhere in 2020<p>- most popular packages are now compatible with Python 3<p>- Python 3.7 performs about as well as 2.7 with future release expected to be better<p>Although it still took way too long, if you consider Python 3.0 was released about 10 years ago.