On Sun, Aug 28, 2016, at 13:40, Christian Heimes wrote:
> Here is the deal for 2.7 to 3.5:
> 
> 1) All versions older than 0.9.8 are completely out-of-scope and no
> longer supported.

+1

> 
> 2) 0.9.8 is semi-support. Python will still compile and work with 0.9.8.
> However we do NOT promise that is secure to run 0.9.8. We also require a
> recent version. Patch level 0.9.8zc from October 2014 is reasonable
> because it comes with SCSV fallback (CVE-2014-3566).

I think we should support 0.9.8 for 2.7 and drop it for 3.6.

> 
> 3) 1.0.0 is irrelevant. Users are either stuck on 0.9.8 or are able to
> upgrade to 1.0.1+. Let's not support it.
> 
> 4) 1.0.1 is discouraged but still supported until its EOL.
> 
> 5) 1.0.2 is the recommend version.
> 
> 6) 1.1 support will be added by #26470 soon.

Thanks for writing this patch!
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