Remove py2 from testing CI. Remove from publishing in next major

release

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -17,28 +17,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        py_version: ['2.7', '3.9']
+        py_version: ['3.9']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.py_version }}
-        if: matrix.py_version != '2.7'
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.py_version }}
 
-      - name: Set up Python 2.7
-        if: matrix.py_version == '2.7'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-            python2.7 python2.7-dev python2-pip-whl
-          sudo ln -sf python2.7 /usr/bin/python
-          export PYTHONPATH=`echo /usr/share/python-wheels/pip-*py2*.whl`
-          sudo --preserve-env=PYTHONPATH python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-          sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/lib/python2.7
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip