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Title: Apple won't be including Python 2 with its macOS 12.3 update Post by: HCK on January 30, 2022, 04:05:21 pm Apple won't be including Python 2 with its macOS 12.3 update
What you need to know Apple has told developers that it will no longer bundle Python 2 in macOS from macOS 12.3 onwards. Developers should use Python 3, but that doesn't come pre-installed. Developers have been told to bundle Python into their apps if it is required. Time to bundle that runtime in your apps if it's a requirement. Apple has confirmed that it is removing Python 2 from macOS 12.3 which means that there will be no version of the scripting language installed by default. The news comes via the macOS Monterey 12.3 beta that was recently made available to developers. The current version that Apple ships with macOS is Python 2.7 and that will be removed completely. Python 2.7 has not been supported for more than a year now, and while there are newer versions available Apple will not be bundling those, either. As MacRumors notes, developers will need to install the latest build of Python manually and were told as far back as 2019 that they should begin to bundle the Pyt... Source: Apple won't be including Python 2 with its macOS 12.3 update (https://www.imore.com/apple-wont-be-including-python-2-its-macos-123-update) |