&gt; 1) some libraries I actually wanted to use were still 2<p>For anyone still in this situation, re-evaluate them - that issue is mostly solved.<p>Python 2 is deprecated. It&#x27;s no longer supported after 2020. There&#x27;s no point in using it for new projects, unless there&#x27;s a <i>very good</i> reason. You&#x27;re missing out on lots of incredibly cool features like asyncio and static type checking.<p>There&#x27;s even an increasing number of Python 3-only libraries.