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Mon Oct 1 19:40:40 CEST 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-October/121972.html

On 10/01/2012 07:38 PM, benjamin.peterson wrote:
> http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/641add9f9542
> changeset:   4530:641add9f9542
> user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
> date:        Mon Oct 01 13:38:31 2012 -0400
> summary:
>    describe the current policy
>
> files:
>    pep-0373.txt |  8 ++++++++
>    1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/pep-0373.txt b/pep-0373.txt
> --- a/pep-0373.txt
> +++ b/pep-0373.txt
> @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
>   Maintenance releases
>   ====================
>
> +Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 will have an extended period of
> +maintenance. The current plan is to support it for at least 5 years
> +from the initial 2.7 release. This means there will be bugfix releases
> +until 2015. Depending on Python 3 adoption, this may be modified up or
> +down.

TBH, I would guarantee it for at least 5 years: the current wording is not
an improvement over the current situation as it basically does not tell
anything definite.

Georg

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