Hi. I've joined python-dev to participate in this thread (I don't have
email delivery turned on; I'll be checking back via the web).

Benjamin, I am sorry that I didn't check in with you, and assumed that
January 1, 2020 would be the the date of the final 2.7 point release.
(My understanding was based on Guido's EOL announcement from March last
year https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2018-March/152348.html
  -- I should have also gotten a review from you and not just the
Steering Council in https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/14
.) I'm going to continue this discussion here so I can make sure I
understand the policy decision properly, and then (if necessary) update
the FAQ.

Based on what I've read here and what I see in
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#maintenance-releases , it
sounds like the timeline will go something like:

* 2019-10-19: release of 2.7.17 October
* October, November, and December 2019: developers continue to fix
issues in 2.7
* 2020-01-01: code freeze for 2.7.18 release candidate
* January and February 2020: flexibility to fix any issues introduced
since the 2.7.17 release, but no other bugs or security issues, and no
3.x backports
* ~2020-04-02: release candidate for 2.7.18
* 2020-04-17: final 2.7.18 release

Is this right? (If so, I can submit an update to PEP 373.)

This is a little more complicated than I had anticipated when
communicating out about the sunsetting. But I can find a way either to
concisely communicate this, or to point to a user-friendly explanation
elsewhere.

Thanks.

--
Sumana Harihareswara
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc
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