[Python-Dev] Policy about old Python versions

[Anthony Baxter]

Aahz wrote:
> As soon as the new version is released, if there is no bugfix planned
> for that issue.  Two versions later (i.e. 2.3 in this case) even if it
> looks like it ought to be fixed in 2.1 -- we haven't been doing bugfixes
> more than one version old.

That's not to say that if someone wants to cut a 2.2.4 or 2.1.4 I'm
going to stop them. I've no interest in maintaining more than trunk
plus the most recent maint branch.

As for the original query, about what to do with bugs filed against
2.1.x - I'd suggest closing them. There's a vanishingly small chance
that there will ever be another 2.1 or 2.2 release.

Anthony