[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[Brett Cannon]

On Fri Jun 06 2014 at 2:59:24 PM, <dw+python-dev at hmmz.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 10:49:24PM +0400, Brian Curtin wrote:
>
> > None of the options are particularly good, but yes, I think that's an
> > option we have to consider. We're supporting 2.7.x for 6 more years on
> > a compiler that is already 6 years old.
>
> Surely that is infinitely less desirable than simply bumping the minor
> version?
>

Nope. A new minor release of Python is a massive undertaking which is why
we have saved ourselves the hassle of doing a Python 2.8 or not giving a
clear signal as to when Python 2.x will end as a language.

-Brett
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