See pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-2-sunset.html for the details. January or April doesn't matter much for this thread, since Python 3.9.0 final is scheduled for October.
Victor Le lun. 27 janv. 2020 à 23:13, Barry Scott <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> a écrit : > > > > > 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/ > -- 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/YIFL5OANIFXSSR7LHT2FCQZWNTFZWY26/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
