Re: 2.7 EOL = 2020 January 1

2018-03-14 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 13/03/18 18:30, Tim Chase wrote: On 2018-03-13 10:58, Terry Reedy wrote: Two days later, Benjamin Peterson, the 2.7 release manager, replied "Sounds good to me. I've updated the PEP to say 2.7 is completely dead on Jan 1 2020." adding "The final release may not literally be on January 1st".

Re: 2.7 EOL = 2020 January 1

2018-03-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:58:42 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > On March 10, on thread "Python 2.7 -- bugfix or security before EOL?", > Guido van Russum wrote > > "The way I see the situation for 2.7 is that EOL is January 1st, 2020, > and there will be no updates, not even source-only security patches

Re: 2.7 EOL = 2020 January 1

2018-03-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:30 AM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2018-03-13 10:58, Terry Reedy wrote: >> Two days later, Benjamin Peterson, the 2.7 release manager, replied >> "Sounds good to me. I've updated the PEP to say 2.7 is completely >> dead on Jan 1 2020." adding "The final release may not literall

Re: 2.7 EOL = 2020 January 1

2018-03-13 Thread Tim Chase
On 2018-03-13 10:58, Terry Reedy wrote: > Two days later, Benjamin Peterson, the 2.7 release manager, replied > "Sounds good to me. I've updated the PEP to say 2.7 is completely > dead on Jan 1 2020." adding "The final release may not literally be > on January 1st". Am I the only one saddened by

2.7 EOL = 2020 January 1

2018-03-13 Thread Terry Reedy
On March 10, on thread "Python 2.7 -- bugfix or security before EOL?", Guido van Russum wrote "The way I see the situation for 2.7 is that EOL is January 1st, 2020, and there will be no updates, not even source-only security patches, after that date. Support (from the core devs, the PSF, and p