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Extend Python 2.7 life till 2020.
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Guido van Rossum committed Apr 13, 2014
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items. Small features may be added up to and including the first beta
release. Bugs may be fixed until the final release.

Update
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The End Of Life date (EOL, sunset date) for Python 2.7 has been moved
five years into the future, to 2020. This decision was made to
clarify the status of Python 2.7 and relieve worries for those users
who cannot yet migrate to Python 3. See also PEP 466.

This declaration does not guarantee that bugfix releases will be made
on a regular basis, but it should enable volunteers who want to
contribute bugfixes for Python 2.7 and it should satisfy vendors who
still have to support Python 2 for years to come.

There will be no Python 2.8.


Release Manager and Crew
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====================

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
maintenance. The current plan is to support it for at least 10 years
from the initial 2.7 release. This means there will be bugfix releases
until 2015.
until 2020.

Planned future release dates:

- 2.7.7 May 2014
- 2.7.8 November 2014
- 2.7.9 May 2015
- beyond this date, releases as needed

Dates of previous maintenance releases:

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