On 8/25/2021 6:48 PM, Steve Holden wrote:
I suspect it's the same motivation that makes us comment out a block of code rather than deleting it, even though we know the VCS will let us retirive it whenever we want. If I'm wrong it won't be fatal. Or surprising ;-)

Kind regards,
Steve


On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 8:53 PM Eric V. Smith <e...@trueblade.com <mailto:e...@trueblade.com>> wrote:

    I think we’re better off removing them. 2.7 is completely
    unsupported by us.

    Why do you think they should still be kept?

    --
    Eric

     > On Aug 25, 2021, at 1:32 PM, Mike Miller <python-...@mgmiller.net
    <mailto:python-...@mgmiller.net>> wrote:
     >
     > 
     > How about moving Python 2 notes into a section at the bottom?

I initially thought of this also, for +- the reason Steve gives. But PEP 8 still specifically applies to the stdlib and we only edit 3.6+. So I agree with Eric.

We could add (perhaps at the end of the first paragraph) something like "(Since the 2.x stdlib is frozen, all 2.x-specific guidelines were removed in Sept 2021.)" Anyone interested could then check git log for the last commit before then. And everyone would know that what follows is for 3.x.

--
Terry Jan Reedy


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