Hi,
VM VirutalBox 6.1.34 setup offers "VirtualBox Python 2.x Support" for VirtualBox on my Windows 11 host.
In case "Pyhton 3.x" is used: Is there a plan to update the feature accordingly? Has this old feature "Python 2.x " any impact later on?
VM VirtualBox 6.1.34 Setup for python 2.x
VM VirtualBox 6.1.34 Setup for python 2.x
Last edited by mpack on 25. Aug 2022, 12:46, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Correct "VirutalBox" typo.
Reason: Correct "VirutalBox" typo.
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Re: VM VirutalBox 6.1.34 Setup for python 2.x
Virtualbox has an API which allows other programming languages to run Virtualbox from their scripts. Python is one of the supported languages.
The manual, https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... performing, says:
The API can be there and never be used. Nothing will go wrong, unless you get a malware Python script running on your host. And you'd require a Windows Python interpreter, which requires a separate download & install from Python.
Personally, if you keep malware off your host, I foresee no problems with an open Python 2 API on Virtualbox.
FWIW, commercial and government users of software often take a very long time to upgrade their computers and software:
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/us-govt ... eport.html
The manual, https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... performing, says:
QED.Python version at least 2.6 is required. Python 3 is also supported.
The API can be there and never be used. Nothing will go wrong, unless you get a malware Python script running on your host. And you'd require a Windows Python interpreter, which requires a separate download & install from Python.
Personally, if you keep malware off your host, I foresee no problems with an open Python 2 API on Virtualbox.
FWIW, commercial and government users of software often take a very long time to upgrade their computers and software:
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/us-govt ... eport.html
Python 2 ain't going nowhere anytime soon.The [United States] Defense Department’s Strategic Automated Command and Control System, which is used to send and receive emergency action messages to U.S. nuclear forces. The system is running on a 1970s IBM computing platform, and still uses 8-inch floppy disks to store data.