[Python-Dev] Released: Python 2.6.6 (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed Aug 25 01:12:40 CEST 2010

On Aug 24, 2010, at 03:31 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

Python 2.6.6 marks the end of regular maintenance releases for the Python 2.6 series. From now until October 2013, only security related, source-only releases of Python 2.6 will be made available. After that date, Python 2.6 will no longer be supported, even for security bugs.

merwok asks on IRC whether documentation changes to release26-maint will be allowed. I can sympathize with the 'allow' argument; Python 2.6 is still either the default version or soon to be the new default in several distributions, and it will take a while before Python 2.7 is as widely available.

I can also sympathize with the 'disallow' argument; it's more work for everybody because it effectively means the branch is still open, and I will probably have to push out new docs every now and then.

OTOH, I suspect there won't be that many documentation fixes for Python 2.6 and that the overhead will be minimal. What did we do for Python 2.5? I'm willing to support consensus, and if that means allowing documentation fixes, I'll accept the extra RM work. OTOH, I won't cry too much if the consensus is to not allow them.

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