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Simple. I misread "latest" for "last" and was hopeful that no new bugs
would need to be fixed between now and 2020\. I will post a correction on
Twitter now.

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Alex Walters <tritium-list@sdamon.com>
wrote:

\> I've gotten some mixed signals on the status of this release, notably from
\> the BDFL:
\>
\> https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/991170064417153025
\> "Python 2.7.15 released -- the last 2.7 release!" (and a link to this
\> thread)
\>
\> I was under the impression that 2.7 was being supported until 2020\. If
\> this
\> is the final release of 2.7, what would "support" constitute? My
\> assumption
\> was that the final release of 2.7 would be sometime in 2020 (or much closer
\> to 2020 than 19 months).
\>
\> > -----Original Message-----
\> > From: Python-Dev \> > list=sdamon.com@python.org> On Behalf Of Benjamin Peterson
\> > Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 12:10 AM
\> > To: python-list@python.org; python-announce@python.org; python-
\> > dev@python.org
\> > Subject: \[Python-Dev\] \[RELEASE\] Python 2.7.15
\> >
\> > Greetings,
\> > I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.15, the
\> > latest bug fix release in the senescent Python 2.7 series.
\> >
\> > Source and binary downloads may be found on python.org:
\> >
\> > https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2715/
\> >
\> > Bugs should be reported to https://bugs.python.org/
\> >
\> > The source tarball contains a complete changelog in the Misc/NEWS file.
\> The
\> > only change since the release candidate is a fix for undefined C behavior
\> that
\> > newer compilers (including GCC 8) have started to exploit.
\> >
\> > Users of the macOS binaries should note that all python.org macOS
\> installers
\> > now ship with a builtin copy of OpenSSL. Additionally, there is a new
\> > additional installer variant for macOS 10.9+ that includes a built-in
\> version of
\> > Tcl/Tk 8.6\. See the installer README for more information.
\> >
\> > Happy May,
\> > Benjamin
\> > 2.7 release manager
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