> * It's very likely the 2.7 release will have a longer period of > maintenance compared to earlier 2.x versions. Python 2.7 will > continue to be maintained while the transition to 3.x is in > progress, and that transition will itself be lengthy. Most 2.x > versions are maintained for about 4 years, from the first to the > last bugfix release; patchlevel releases for Python 2.7 will > probably be made for at least 6 years.
I agree with Terry: how did you arrive at the 4 years for 2.x releases? Bug fixes releases stopped after the next feature release being made, which gave (counting between initial release and last bug fix release): - 2.0 9 months - 2.1 12 months - 2.2 17 months - 2.3 19 months - 2.4 22 months - 2.5 27 months - 2.6 < 22 months (assuming the final 2.6 release is made before August) In addition, since 2.3, we were offering security fixes for a period of _five_ years. So for 2.7, the question really is how long we create bug fix releases and Windows binaries, rather than accepting only security fixes, and producing source-only releases. I'd personally expect that "longer" might mean 3 years (i.e. one more release cycle), and definitely less than 6. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
