[Python-Dev] Exact date of Python 2 EOL?

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 23, 2017, at 09:41 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:

>Can we pick an official date?

Benjamin should pick the date and update PEP 373.

>Ubuntu 12.04 reached its end of life after 5 years, but it seems like
>Canonical also starts to offer extended support to customers:
>http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/ubuntu-12-04-esm-support

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 both have Python 2.7 so those will be supported until
2019 and 2021 respectively.

I'm still hoping to relegate 2.7 to universe for 18.04 LTS.  I don't think
we'll be able to drop it entirely (nor should we).  If it stays in main, it
will get official support until 2023.

https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life

Cheers,
-Barry