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Merge pull request #17485 from lovmat/clearify_why_using_python2

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Clarifying why Ansible still uses Python 2
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@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ You also need Python 2.4 or later. If you are running less than Python 2.5 on th
.. note::
Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and most Python programs (including
Ansible) are not switching over yet. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a
Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and some Python programs (including
Ansible) are not switching over yet. Ansible uses Python 2 in order to maintain compability with older distributions
such as RHEL 5 and RHEL 6. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a
Python 2.X interpreter installed by default. On those systems, you should install one, and set
the 'ansible_python_interpreter' variable in inventory (see :doc:`intro_inventory`) to point at your 2.X Python. Distributions
like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, and Ubuntu all have a 2.X interpreter installed