Timeline for sunsetting Python 2 support

[skvark]

Python 2 support will end officially in January 1, 2020.

Many projects, most notably Numpy, which is a dependency of opencv-python, will start dropping Python 2 support gradually a bit earlier: https://www.numpy.org/neps/nep-0014-dropping-python2.7-proposal.html

Some other projects which are dropping Python 2 support: https://python3statement.org/

I'm currently planning to continue providing opencv-python builds for Python 2.7 until the end of 2019.

This issue is a heads up for those who are still using Python 2. I highly recommend to start migrating into Python 3 as soon as possible.

https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/

[skvark]

https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ Python 2 sunset notice.

Python 3.4 is also already in EOL phase. I will remove both Python 2.7 and 3.4 from the build matrices soon.

[johnthagen]

Python 2.7 support has officially ended. ⚰️🕊️

[skvark]

Yeah, upcoming 4.2.0 / 3.4.9 opencv-python release will be the last release which includes Python 2.7 builds.

[skvark]

This is a issue tracker. Please do not hijack it for your own purposes. Stack Overflow and https://answers.opencv.org/questions/ are the correct place for this kind of questions.

[skvark]

Python 2.7 as well as 3.4 has been removed from the build matrix.