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Old 02-24-2020, 10:13 AM   #1972
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
Please think about all the folk that MUST run older Calibre versions because their OS /hardware is not compatible with later editions.

IMHO the only reasons to rip are 1) Does damage. 2)Serious security concerns.
Since neither have been reported with these PI, support until that Blocks progress

There have been no substantial changes to the functionality (or at all really) for quite some time. It would be different if I were releasing regularly with changes and new features but I'm not. This is also all under source control, there's no reason I can't go back and backport a change to the Python 2 version if needed.


But there also is a security reason. Python 2 is EOL, no more security updates even for the most critical of vulnerabilities (unless the Python team decides to make an update anyway, which doesn't sound likely). Officially supporting Python 2 gives a false sense of having security updates, when in reality any security issue is more likely to be one I can't work around.


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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
I have installed and tested the plugins. Everything seems to work except sending an epub. This gives the error
Thanks! I'll get an update as soon as I get a chance.
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