From a733bc927acbca16bfa3de486fb2c7d3f767a748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:38:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] describe the current policy --- pep-0373.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/pep-0373.txt b/pep-0373.txt index 4cc5bdd7f..e1064eff0 100644 --- a/pep-0373.txt +++ b/pep-0373.txt @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ The current schedule is: Maintenance releases ==================== +Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 will have an extended period of +maintenance. The current plan is to support it for at least 5 years +from the initial 2.7 release. This means there will be bugfix releases +until 2015. Depending on Python 3 adoption, this may be modified up or +down. + +Dates of previous maintenance releases: + - 2.7.1 2010-11-27 - 2.7.2 2011-07-21 - 2.7.3rc1 2012-02-23