> On 24 Jan 2020, at 08:40, Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> wrote: > > The change is that Python 2.7 is no longer supported (since 2020-01-01). >
Isn't there going to be a final Python 2.7 release in April 2020? I know that Twisted has moved its python 2 removal to match the April 2020 date. Other projects may have made the similar decisions. Barry > Victor > > Le ven. 24 janv. 2020 à 09:19, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:05 PM Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org> wrote: >>> We kept a compatibility layer with Python 2 on purpose, PEP 4 says: >>> >>> "In order to facilitate writing code that works in both Python 2 & 3 >>> simultaneously, any module that exists in both Python 3.5 and Python >>> 2.7 will not be removed from the standard library until Python 2.7 is >>> no longer supported as specified by PEP 373." >>> >>> The rule was used since Python 3.0 until Python 3.8, but it changed in >>> Python 3.9 which includes many incompatible changes for the first time >>> in the Python 3 major version. >> >> I'm sorry, I don't understand what 'changed'. Isn't that rule exactly >> WHY 3.9 is the removal point? Python 2.7 is no longer supported, and >> its final post-support release is scheduled earlier than 3.9's first >> beta and feature freeze. Doesn't that mean that PEP 4 is being >> followed precisely? What have I misunderstood? >> >> ChrisA >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/GCCLU2O2QJTGECQKUYEHD2KVD3IKJTLE/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > > > -- > Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/6YLZXTOJJ7XGISGRITJV7OAEOEKFYZS7/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/C65AAFHWSN46SI5NBF735MPF242NRSQC/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
