Simple. I misread "latest" for "last" and was hopeful that no new bugs would need to be fixed between now and 2020. I will post a correction on Twitter now.
On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Alex Walters <tritium-l...@sdamon.com> wrote: > I've gotten some mixed signals on the status of this release, notably from > the BDFL: > > https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/991170064417153025 > "Python 2.7.15 released -- the last 2.7 release!" (and a link to this > thread) > > I was under the impression that 2.7 was being supported until 2020. If > this > is the final release of 2.7, what would "support" constitute? My > assumption > was that the final release of 2.7 would be sometime in 2020 (or much closer > to 2020 than 19 months). > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Python-Dev <python-dev-bounces+tritium- > > list=sdamon....@python.org> On Behalf Of Benjamin Peterson > > Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 12:10 AM > > To: python-list@python.org; python-annou...@python.org; python- > > d...@python.org > > Subject: [Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 2.7.15 > > > > Greetings, > > I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.15, the > > latest bug fix release in the senescent Python 2.7 series. > > > > Source and binary downloads may be found on python.org: > > > > https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2715/ > > > > Bugs should be reported to https://bugs.python.org/ > > > > The source tarball contains a complete changelog in the Misc/NEWS file. > The > > only change since the release candidate is a fix for undefined C behavior > that > > newer compilers (including GCC 8) have started to exploit. > > > > Users of the macOS binaries should note that all python.org macOS > installers > > now ship with a builtin copy of OpenSSL. Additionally, there is a new > > additional installer variant for macOS 10.9+ that includes a built-in > version of > > Tcl/Tk 8.6. See the installer README for more information. > > > > Happy May, > > Benjamin > > 2.7 release manager > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-Dev mailing list > > python-...@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/tritium- > > list%40sdamon.com > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > python-...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
