Thanks all for clarifying! -Collin On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 2:50 PM Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote:
> I was operating under the optimistic assumption whatever the precise time > of 2.7's official demise would only be an amusing piece of trivia for a > world of happy Python 3 users. > > It's still to early to promise exact release dates; that will depend on > the day-to-day schedules of the release manager and binary builders circa > January 2020. A conservative assumption is that no 2.7 changes that land > after December 31 2019 will ever be released. > > We could make the last release of 2.7 in July 2020. But what does that buy > anyone? > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, at 11:53, Collin Anderson wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I noticed the Python 2.7 EOL > > date was recently set to Jan 1st, 2020. > > > > My understanding was Python releases get 5 years of support from their > > initial release, and Python 2.7 was extended an additional 5 years. > > > > Python 2.7 was originally released on 2010-07-03, and with an original > EOL > > of 2015-07-03. Extended 5 years, shouldn't the EOL be 2020-07-03? > > > > Also, this statement is a little unclear to me: > > > > > Specifically, 2.7 will receive bugfix support until January 1, 2020. > All > > 2.7 development work will cease in 2020. > > > > This statement makes it sound like bugfixes end on Jan 1st, but seems to > > leave open the possibility that security fixes could continue through the > > year. > > > > Thanks! > > Collin > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-Dev mailing list > > Python-Dev@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > > Unsubscribe: > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/benjamin%40python.org >
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