[Python-Dev] Continuing 2.x

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Kristján Valur Jónsson writes:

 > Second, it would be an official nod from the python community that,
 > yes, we are not actively developing 2.x anymore, we want to focus
 > on 3.x but we acknowledge that there are members of our community
 > that cannot, for various reasons, move to 3.x, but still want to be
 > able to improve their platform and share those improvements with
 > others.

I don't see an insuperable problem in principle with hosting it on
python.org (for the practical reasons you give, it would be helpful),
but I think the repository belongs in /projects/v2-afterlife, not in
/projects/python.
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 > I?m quite happy with the community at large moving its development
 > focus to 3.x but it is a bit harsh to deprive those left behind of
 > the keys to the old house.

If you mean the current set of 2.x branches in the repository, no,
that's not an "old" house, that's the same house we still live in.  It
contains the official history of each 2.x branch.  The continuing
development you propose is unofficial, and doesn't belong there.