[Python-Dev] death to 2.7; long live 2.7

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014, at 19:09, Senthil Kumaran wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Benjamin Peterson
> >> Instead dealing 2.7 will just be completely optional for core developers
> 
> I was worried about this part, that if bug-fixes are
> optionally back-ported, then we may end up a inconsistent, undesirable
> state.
> Instead it could be that bug-fixes fixes will be back-ported as long as
> it
> is alive (and folks seem be excited about keep it alive for a long long
> term).

I wouldn't worry about that too much. We should be encouraging a culture
of conservatism for 2.7 anyway.