Re: Planning to drop Python 2 support by 2020?
Peter Cock <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:06:29 +0100
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Dear Biopythoneers, With the recent release of Biopython 1.69 we have dropped support for Python 2.6, and target Python 2.7 and Python 3.3 onwards. The Python team will continue to support Python 2.7 in the medium term, but currently plan to stop support in 2020. This seems a sensible upper limit for how long Biopython continues to support Python 2.7. Furthermore, NumPy (which a lot of our code depends on) and other high profile relevant projects also intend to drop their Python 2.7 support by 2020 as advertised on this campaign site: http://www.python3statement.org/ Does anyone object to adopting this goal for Biopython, and adding the project to http://www.python3statement.org/ ? Please reply to the mail discussion list and/or the developers list (the announcement mailing list will not accept any replies). (I've raised this on the Biopython developers mailing list before Christmas and last with no objections) Thank you, Peter _______________________________________________ Biopython-announce mailing list - [email protected] http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biopython-announce