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 "previous: Upgrading to 2.3.0":#v2_3_0
 
+h3. Ubuntu 18.04 Arvados Python packages now depend on python-3.8
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+Ubuntu 18.04 ships with Python 3.6 as the default version of Python 3. Ubuntu also ships a version of Python 3.8, and the Arvados Python packages (@python3-arvados-cwl-runner@, @python3-arvados-fuse@, @python3-arvados-python-client@, @python3-arvados-user-activity@ and @python3-crunchstat-summary@) now depend on the @python-3.8@ system package.
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+This means that they are now installed under @/usr/share/python3.8@ (before, the path was @/usr/share/python3@). If you rely on the @python3@ executable from the packages (e.g. to load a virtualenv), you may need to update the path to that executable.
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 h3. Anonymous token changes
 
 The anonymous token configured in @Users.AnonymousUserToken@ must now be 32 characters or longer. This was already the suggestion in the documentation, now it is enforced. The @script/get_anonymous_user_token.rb@ script that was needed to register the anonymous user token in the database has been removed. Registration of the anonymous token is no longer necessary. If the anonymous token in @config.yml@ is specified as a full V2 token, that will now generate a warning - it should be updated to list just the secret (i.e. the part after the last forward slash).