Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
Sorry Massimo, there are no new features being added to 2.7, not even critical security fixes. That's not my decision. https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ Python 2 is effectively now a dead project from the point of view of us here at CPython. The very final bug fix release, 2.7.18, is due out any time soon, but it only includes fixes up to 1st of January. You could try submitting your feature request to third-party bundlers of 2.7, such as Red Hat, but I expect they will say no to new features. For what it is worth, I don't agree that this situation is exceptional. Even if 2.7 wasn't obsolete, this is still a new feature. If we made an exception for you, then people using Python 2.7 still couldn't use this feature: `myzipfile.offset` would fail on code using Python 2.7, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, ... 2.7.17 and only work with 2.7.18. Nobody could use it unless their application required 2.7.18. If you want this in 2.7 for your own personal use, wait for the 2.7.18 final release, then add it into your personal copy. It is open source and you are completely permitted! ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40301> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
