[Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 2.7.15 (original) (raw)

Larry Hastings larry at hastings.org
Wed May 2 16:25:11 EDT 2018

On 05/02/2018 11:14 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:

I would guess that the folks who end up supporting python 2 past 2020 (either as distributors or as library authors) will have an easier time of it if python 2's ssl module gets resynced with python 3 before the eol. But I suppose it's up to them to do the work...

You mean feature-wise, or do you mean "use more modern SSL libraries"?  IIUC Windows doesn't use the system-provided SSL libraries, and 2.7 is built with a nasty old compiler.  It's entirely possible that on Windows 2.7 can't use current SSL libraries because they won't build under said nasty old compiler.

(summoning Steve Dower etc here)

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