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href="../topic/release/">Release</a></dd> <dt class="field-odd">Created<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd">03-Nov-2008</dd> <dt class="field-even">Python-Version<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even">2.7</dd> </dl> <hr class="docutils" /> <section id="contents"> <details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#update-april-2014">Update (April 2014)</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-manager-and-crew">Release Manager and Crew</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#maintenance-releases">Maintenance releases</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-schedule">2.7.0 Release Schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#possible-features-for-2-7">Possible features for 2.7</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#references">References</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> </ul> </details></section> <section id="abstract"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#abstract" role="doc-backlink">Abstract</a></h2> <p>This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 2.7.</p> <p>Python 2.7 is the end of the Python 2.x series, and is succeeded by Python 3. See <a class="reference external" href="https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/">the “Sunsetting Python 2” FAQ on python.org</a> for a general overview.</p> </section> <section id="update-april-2014"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#update-april-2014" role="doc-backlink">Update (April 2014)</a></h2> <p>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 <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-0466/" title="PEP 466 – Network Security Enhancements for Python 2.7.x">PEP 466</a>.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>There will be no Python 2.8 (see <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-0404/" title="PEP 404 – Python 2.8 Un-release Schedule">PEP 404</a>).</p> </section> <section id="release-manager-and-crew"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#release-manager-and-crew" role="doc-backlink">Release Manager and Crew</a></h2> <table class="docutils align-default"> <thead> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Position</th> <th class="head">Name</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="row-even"><td>2.7 Release Manager</td> <td>Benjamin Peterson</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Windows installers</td> <td>Steve Dower</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Mac installers</td> <td>Ned Deily</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section id="maintenance-releases"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#maintenance-releases" role="doc-backlink">Maintenance releases</a></h2> <p>Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 received bugfix support until 2020. Support officially stopped January 1 2020, and 2.7.18 code freeze occurred on January 1 2020, but the final release occurred after that date.</p> <p>Dates of previous maintenance releases:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>2.7.1 2010-11-27</li> <li>2.7.2 2011-07-21</li> <li>2.7.3rc1 2012-02-23</li> <li>2.7.3rc2 2012-03-15</li> <li>2.7.3 2012-03-09</li> <li>2.7.4rc1 2013-03-23</li> <li>2.7.4 2013-04-06</li> <li>2.7.5 2013-05-12</li> <li>2.7.6rc1 2013-10-26</li> <li>2.7.6 2013-11-10</li> <li>2.7.7rc1 2014-05-17</li> <li>2.7.7 2014-05-31</li> <li>2.7.8 2014-06-30</li> <li>2.7.9rc1 2014-11-26</li> <li>2.7.9 2014-12-10</li> <li>2.7.10rc1 2015-05-09</li> <li>2.7.10 2015-05-23</li> <li>2.7.11rc1 2015-11-21</li> <li>2.7.11 2015-12-05</li> <li>2.7.12 2016-06-25</li> <li>2.7.13rc1 2016-12-03</li> <li>2.7.13 2016-12-17</li> <li>2.7.14rc1 2017-08-26</li> <li>2.7.14 2017-09-16</li> <li>2.7.15rc1 2018-04-14</li> <li>2.7.15 2018-05-01</li> <li>2.7.16rc 2019-02-16</li> <li>2.7.16 2019-03-02</li> <li>2.7.17rc1 2019-10-05</li> <li>2.7.17 2019-10-19</li> <li>2.7.18rc1 2020-04-04</li> <li>2.7.18 2020-04-20</li> </ul> </section> <section id="release-schedule"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#release-schedule" role="doc-backlink">2.7.0 Release Schedule</a></h2> <p>The release schedule for 2.7.0 was:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>2.7 alpha 1 2009-12-05</li> <li>2.7 alpha 2 2010-01-09</li> <li>2.7 alpha 3 2010-02-06</li> <li>2.7 alpha 4 2010-03-06</li> <li>2.7 beta 1 2010-04-03</li> <li>2.7 beta 2 2010-05-08</li> <li>2.7 rc1 2010-06-05</li> <li>2.7 rc2 2010-06-19</li> <li>2.7 final 2010-07-03</li> </ul> </section> <section id="possible-features-for-2-7"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#possible-features-for-2-7" role="doc-backlink">Possible features for 2.7</a></h2> <p>Nothing here. [Note that a moratorium on core language changes is in effect.]</p> </section> <section id="references"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#references" role="doc-backlink">References</a></h2> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/APWHFYQDKNVYQAK3HZMBGQIZHAVRHCV2/">“The Python 2 death march” on python-dev</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://discuss.python.org/t/petition-abandon-plans-to-ship-a-2-7-18-in-april/2946/">Petition: abandon plans to ship a 2.7.18 in April</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-announce-list@python.org/thread/OFCIETIXLX34X7FVK5B5WPZH22HXV342/">[RELEASE] Python 2.7.18, the end of an era</a></li> </ul> </section> <section id="copyright"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#copyright" role="doc-backlink">Copyright</a></h2> <p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p> </section> </section> <hr class="docutils" /> <p>Source: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0373.rst">https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0373.rst</a></p> <p>Last modified: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/commits/main/peps/pep-0373.rst">2023-09-09 17:39:29 GMT</a></p> </article> <nav id="pep-sidebar"> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#update-april-2014">Update (April 2014)</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-manager-and-crew">Release Manager and Crew</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#maintenance-releases">Maintenance releases</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-schedule">2.7.0 Release Schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#possible-features-for-2-7">Possible features for 2.7</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#references">References</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> </ul> <br> <a id="source" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0373.rst">Page Source (GitHub)</a> </nav> </section> <script src="../_static/colour_scheme.js"></script> <script src="../_static/wrap_tables.js"></script> <script src="../_static/sticky_banner.js"></script> </body> </html>