It was discovered that Apple has removed Python 2.7 in the beta version of macOS 12.3



Apple has announced in its developer release notes for macOS 12.3 Beta that it will not bundle

Python 2.7. Python 2 will no longer be supported after January 1, 2020, and will not be subject to bug fixes, security patches, or other changes.

macOS Monterey 12.3 Beta Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-12_3-release-notes#Python



Apple Finally Removing Python 2 in macOS 12.3 --MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/28/apple-removing-python-2-in-macos-12-3/

Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.7 was released in July 2010. And the final version of Python 2, Python 2.7.18, was released on April 20, 2020.

Python Insider: Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2
https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2020/04/python-2718-last-release-of-python-2.html



Version 3.0 of Python 3 was released in December 2008, and Python 3.10.2 is the latest version at the time of writing the article. The migration from Python 2 to Python 3 took a long time due to the poor compatibility of Python 3 with Python 2. As a result, Python 2 maintenance was originally scheduled to end in 2015, but has been extended to January 2020.


by Kushal Das

Apple warned in the 2019 macOS Catalina developer release notes that 'macOS will no longer support Python 2.7 in the future,' and Python 2.7 support is solely for compatibility with legacy software. It was supposed to be included. In the macOS 12.3 beta release notes, Apple states that 'Python 2.7 will be removed from macOS in this update. Developers should use Python 3 or an alternative language.'

Hacker News, a social news site, said, 'Finally, I'm a big fan of Python, but I want you to remove all Python from the OS itself. Python installed on macOS, not the user-installed version. I've spent a lot of time setting up to fix bugs caused by The only reason I'm using is because most Linux and macOS support Python. If Python is removed on macOS, I wouldn't use Python. '' Either way, there aren't many options. No. Apple is responsible for the security of choosing to leave unsupported software on the macOS. '

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