[Python-Dev] nonlocal keyword in 2.x?

[R. David Murray]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 at 22:17, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>> I don't currently have an opinion on this backport proposal, but in
>> regard to this argument:  if we do not do any 2.x releases after 2.7,
>> then over time the number of packages that can afford to drop 2.6 support
>> will grow, yet many will need to retain 2.7 support for much longer.
>
> I don't think the argument applies to 2.7 as much as it applied to
> earlier releases: 2.7 will have a life time of 18 months perhaps (I
> think we still need to decide formally against 2.8, and also decide
> when to make the last 2.7 bug fix release). There is some likelihood

I was under the impression that if 2.7 was the last release that it
would be maintained (ie: bugfixed) until we decided 3.x uptake was
"sufficient", and that that might be considerably longer than 18 months.
If that is not the case, then what you say is true.

--David