[issue20971] HTML output of difflib

[Ezio Melotti]

Ezio Melotti added the comment:

Yes, you could make patches for Python 3.5 and release a PyPI package that includes these changes and it's compatible with older versions.  The same has been done for other modules as well (e.g. unittest2 includes features that are available on recent versions of Python but it's compatible with older versions too).
The reason why we can't add this to 2.7 (or even 3.4) is because they only receive bug fixes (and older versions only receive security fixes).  Since there won't be a 2.8, new features can only go on 3.5.  You can find more information about this on the devguide.

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