Python 2.7 print CLI output to stderr instead of stdout causing the version to not be retrieved

Author: albilu

pom.xml

@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
     <properties>
         <dev.name>albilu</dev.name>
         <netbeans.release.version>RELEASE170</netbeans.release.version>
-        <next.version>0.3</next.version>
+        <next.version>0.4</next.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>

src/main/java/org/netbeans/modules/python/PythonUtility.java

@@ -274,7 +274,12 @@ public static Properties getProperties(@NonNull Project project) throws IOExcept
     }
 
     public static String getVersion(String projectPythonExe) throws IOException {
-        return getCommandOutput(new String[]{projectPythonExe, "--version"}, null);
+        String commandOutput = getCommandOutput(new String[]{projectPythonExe, "--version"}, null);
+        //Python 2.7 print CLI output to stderr instead of stdout causing the version to not be retrieved
+        if (commandOutput.isEmpty() && projectPythonExe.contains("2.7")) {
+            commandOutput = "Python 2.7";
+        }
+        return commandOutput;
     }
 
     public static ImageIcon getErrorIcon() {