From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Apr 20 14:02:07 2020
From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:02:07 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] Fw: [RELEASE] Python 2.7.18, the end of an era
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Why, you may ask, is there a Python 2 release in 2020? Because there was already a Python 2.7.18 under development at the end of 2019. The code was frozen on January 1. It is just now being released. This is simply the last release of a no longer supported major version. Truly the end of the line. No more security fixes.

The final change log is here: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.18rc1.rst

I won't say all release announcements should be as entertaining as this one. But this one strikes a rather acmic note with me.

--
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
Applications Analyst
University of North Carolina
Renaissance Computing Institute
(919) 599-3530


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From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 11:06 AM
To: python-dev at python.org
Subject: [RELEASE] Python 2.7.18, the end of an era

I'm eudaemonic to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.18.

Python 2.7.18 is a special release. I refer, of course, to the fact that "2.7.18" is the closest any Python version number will ever approximate e, Euler's number. Simply exquisite!

A less transcendent property of Python 2.7.18 is that it is the last Python 2.7 release and therefore the last Python 2 release. It's time for the CPython community to say a fond but firm farewell to Python 2. Users still on Python 2 can use e to compute the instantaneously compounding interest on their technical debt.

Download this unique, commemorative Python release on python.org:

   https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/

Python 2.7 has been under active development since the release of Python 2.6, more than 11 years ago. Over all those years, CPython's core developers and contributors sedulously applied bug fixes to the 2.7 branch, no small task as the Python 2 and 3 branches diverged. There were large changes midway through Python 2.7's life such as PEP 466's feature backports to the ssl module and hash randomization. Traditionally, these features would never have been added to a branch in maintenance mode, but exceptions were made to keep Python 2 users secure. Thank you to CPython's community for such dedication.

Python 2.7 was lucky to have the services of two generations of binary builders and operating system experts, Martin von L?wis and Steve Dower for Windows, and Ronald Oussoren and Ned Deily for macOS. The reason we provided binary Python 2.7 releases for macOS 10.9, an operating system obsoleted by Apple 4 years ago, or why the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7" exists is the dedication of these individuals.

I thank the past and present Python release managers, Barry Warsaw, Ned Deily, Georg Brandl, Larry Hastings, and ?ukasz Langa for their advice and support over the years. I've learned a lot from them?like don't be the sucker who volunteers to manage the release right before a big compatibility break!

Python 3 would be nowhere without the critical work of the wider community. Library maintainers followed CPython by maintaining Python 2 support for many years but also threw their weight behind the Python 3 statement (https://python3statement.org). Linux distributors chased Python 2 out of their archives. Users migrated hundreds of millions of lines of code, developed porting guides, and kept Python 2 in their brain while Python 3 gained 10 years of improvements.

Finally, thank you to GvR for creating Python 0.9, 1, 2, and 3.

Long live Python 3+!

Signing off,
Benjamin
2.7 release manager
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   Why, you may ask, is there a Python 2 release in 2020? Because there was
   already a Python 2.7.18 under development at the end of 2019. The code was
   frozen on January 1. It is just now being released. This is simply the
   last release of a no longer supported major version. Truly the end of the
   line. No more security fixes.
   The final change log is here:
   [1]https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.18rc1.rst
   I won't say all release announcements should be as entertaining as this
   one. But this one strikes a rather acmic note with me.
   --
   Sincerely,

   Chris Calloway
   Applications Analyst
   University of North Carolina
   Renaissance Computing Institute
   (919) 599-3530

   ________________________________________
   From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
   Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 11:06 AM
   To: python-dev at python.org
   Subject: [RELEASE] Python 2.7.18, the end of an era

   I'm eudaemonic to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.18.

   Python 2.7.18 is a special release. I refer, of course, to the fact that
   "2.7.18" is the closest any Python version number will ever approximate e,
   Euler's number. Simply exquisite!

   A less transcendent property of Python 2.7.18 is that it is the last
   Python 2.7 release and therefore the last Python 2 release. It's time for
   the CPython community to say a fond but firm farewell to Python 2. Users
   still on Python 2 can use e to compute the instantaneously compounding
   interest on their technical debt.

   Download this unique, commemorative Python release on python.org:

   ???? [2]https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/

   Python 2.7 has been under active development since the release of Python
   2.6, more than 11 years ago. Over all those years, CPython's core
   developers and contributors sedulously applied bug fixes to the 2.7
   branch, no small task as the Python 2 and 3 branches diverged. There were
   large changes midway through Python 2.7's life such as PEP 466's feature
   backports to the ssl module and hash randomization. Traditionally, these
   features would never have been added to a branch in maintenance mode, but
   exceptions were made to keep Python 2 users secure. Thank you to CPython's
   community for such dedication.

   Python 2.7 was lucky to have the services of two generations of binary
   builders and operating system experts, Martin von L??wis and Steve Dower
   for Windows, and Ronald Oussoren and Ned Deily for macOS. The reason we
   provided binary Python 2.7 releases for macOS 10.9, an operating system
   obsoleted by Apple 4 years ago, or why the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler
   for Python 2.7" exists is the dedication of these individuals.

   I thank the past and present Python release managers, Barry Warsaw, Ned
   Deily, Georg Brandl, Larry Hastings, and ??ukasz Langa for their advice and
   support over the years. I've learned a lot from them???like don't be the
   sucker who volunteers to manage the release right before a big
   compatibility break!

   Python 3 would be nowhere without the critical work of the wider
   community. Library maintainers followed CPython by maintaining Python 2
   support for many years but also threw their weight behind the Python 3
   statement ([3]https://python3statement.org). Linux distributors chased
   Python 2 out of their archives. Users migrated hundreds of millions of
   lines of code, developed porting guides, and kept Python 2 in their brain
   while Python 3 gained 10 years of improvements.

   Finally, thank you to GvR for creating Python 0.9, 1, 2, and 3.

   Long live Python 3+!

   Signing off,
   Benjamin
   2.7 release manager
   --
   Python-announce-list mailing list -- python-announce-list at python.org
   To unsubscribe send an email to python-announce-list-leave at python.org
   [4]https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-announce-list.python.org/

   ?????????????? Support the Python Software Foundation:
   ?????????????? [5]http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

References

   Visible links
   1. https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.18rc1.rst
   2. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/
   3. https://python3statement.org/
   4. https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-announce-list.python.org/
   5. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/