And thank you, Benjamin! Where's the virtual party?
--Guido On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 08:09 Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > I'm eudaemonic to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.18. > > Python 2.7.18 is a special release. I refer, of course, to the fact that > "2.7.18" is the closest any Python version number will ever approximate e, > Euler's number. Simply exquisite! > > A less transcendent property of Python 2.7.18 is that it is the last > Python 2.7 release and therefore the last Python 2 release. It's time for > the CPython community to say a fond but firm farewell to Python 2. Users > still on Python 2 can use e to compute the instantaneously compounding > interest on their technical debt. > > Download this unique, commemorative Python release on python.org: > > https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/ > > Python 2.7 has been under active development since the release of Python > 2.6, more than 11 years ago. Over all those years, CPython's core > developers and contributors sedulously applied bug fixes to the 2.7 branch, > no small task as the Python 2 and 3 branches diverged. There were large > changes midway through Python 2.7's life such as PEP 466's feature > backports to the ssl module and hash randomization. Traditionally, these > features would never have been added to a branch in maintenance mode, but > exceptions were made to keep Python 2 users secure. Thank you to CPython's > community for such dedication. > > Python 2.7 was lucky to have the services of two generations of binary > builders and operating system experts, Martin von Löwis and Steve Dower for > Windows, and Ronald Oussoren and Ned Deily for macOS. The reason we > provided binary Python 2.7 releases for macOS 10.9, an operating system > obsoleted by Apple 4 years ago, or why the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler > for Python 2.7" exists is the dedication of these individuals. > > I thank the past and present Python release managers, Barry Warsaw, Ned > Deily, Georg Brandl, Larry Hastings, and Łukasz Langa for their advice and > support over the years. I've learned a lot from them—like don't be the > sucker who volunteers to manage the release right before a big > compatibility break! > > Python 3 would be nowhere without the critical work of the wider > community. Library maintainers followed CPython by maintaining Python 2 > support for many years but also threw their weight behind the Python 3 > statement (https://python3statement.org). Linux distributors chased > Python 2 out of their archives. Users migrated hundreds of millions of > lines of code, developed porting guides, and kept Python 2 in their brain > while Python 3 gained 10 years of improvements. > > Finally, thank you to GvR for creating Python 0.9, 1, 2, and 3. > > Long live Python 3+! > > Signing off, > Benjamin > 2.7 release manager > _______________________________________________ > 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/OFCIETIXLX34X7FVK5B5WPZH22HXV342/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido (mobile)
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