Merge branch 'ps/ci-python-2-deprecation' into ps/ci-fuzzers-at-gitlab-fix

* ps/ci-python-2-deprecation:
  ci: fix Python dependency on Ubuntu 24.04

Author: gitster

ci/lib.sh

@@ -325,9 +325,13 @@ ubuntu-*)
 		break
 	fi
 
-	PYTHON_PACKAGE=python2
-	if test "$jobname" = linux-gcc
+	# Python 2 is end of life, and Ubuntu 23.04 and newer don't actually
+	# have it anymore. We thus only test with Python 2 on older LTS
+	# releases.
+	if "$distro" = "ubuntu-20.04"
 	then
+		PYTHON_PACKAGE=python2
+	else
 		PYTHON_PACKAGE=python3
 	fi
 	MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/$PYTHON_PACKAGE"