[Info-vax] Python 2 support ends 1-Jan-2020

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/3/2019 10:37 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2019-01-03 03:03:13 +0000, Arne Vajhj said:
>> Just found out that latest stable Jython - that is 2.7.1 works on...
> 
> Semi-unrelated: Python 2 goes unsupported within a year.
> 
> "Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 will have an extended period of 
> maintenance. Specifically, 2.7 will receive bugfix support until January 
> 1, 2020. After the last release, 2.7 will receive no support."

Yes.

But I expect Python 2.7 to live on after that.

For a few reasons:
* CPython always has latest and greatest, but PyPy 3.x is behind
   and Jython 3.x and IronPython 3.x are still just in development
* 2.x -> 3.x has breaking changes

Arne