Greetings, 2.7.18 release candidate 1, a testing release for the last release of the Python 2.7 series, is now available for download. The CPython core developers stopped applying routine bugfixes to the 2.7 branch on January 1. 2.7.18 will includes fixes that were Downloads are at: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718rc1/ The full changelog is at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/v2.7.18rc1/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7. 18rc1.rst Test it out, and let us know if there are any critical problems at https://bugs.python.org/ (This is the last chance!) All the best, Benjamin