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Python 2 will reach it's End Of Life on January 1st 2020. This page collects links and resources to assist the migration of the Firefox ecosystem off of Python 2 and onto Python 3. | Python 2 will reach it's End Of Life on January 1st 2020. This page collects links and resources to assist the migration of the Firefox ecosystem off of Python 2 and onto Python 3. | ||
== How We Get There == | |||
As of today (May 2019) we require both the Python 2 and Python 3 interpreters to be installed to build and develop Firefox. | |||
Next we: | |||
* Build interpreter switching mechanisms into the toolchain so we can run sub-components in just 2 or just 3. (mach sub-commands, py_action) | |||
* Make Python 3 porting and development safe by adding a Python 3 option to the developer toolchain. (mach lint, parts of the test suite) | |||
* Port Python 2-only components to Python 3 piecemeal. | |||
* Remove Python 2 compatibility. (When that might happen needs discussion :) | |||
== Getting Involved == | == Getting Involved == | ||