On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:39 PM Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree. The thread title is a bit extreme. There will be a long > twilight. > > > Metaphorically that is correct, but at the same time there are > > things like https://pythonclock.org <https://pythonclock.org/> which > > is one person's very unofficial site. It interprets and references > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#maintenance-releases I can't see a way to contact the owner of that site (is it Guido??), but if you are reading this list, maybe a sunset metaphor would be nice. I like that: when you are watching a sunset, you can look out at the horizon, hoping to see the green flash, and there is a clear moment when the sun fully drops below the horizon -- but it doesn't suddenly get dark :-) > Yes, it would, but if we are emphasizing that hard date, > > But we core developers are not, other than what the PEP says: > "Support officially stops January 1 2020, but the final release will > occur after that date. Actually, support has already been tapering off > for over 3 or 4 years and 2.7 patches are now a slow dribble. What is > ending is free build and security from us. > > > we need to emphasise that it is a hard date on when the last patch > > would potentially be applied, > > Not really your concern. I'm just echoing (and agreeing with) Peter here -- there is a specific date in the PEP (January 1 2020), and that has been adopted by pythonclock and others, so it would be good to be clear what EXACTLY "support stops" means. And I misspoke, it would be "date on when the last patch would potentially be considered" And if that's not the case, then why have a date other than the date of the last release ?? Personally, I have no angst over a few months here or there, but apparently some people do. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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