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Re:Show HN: Asynchronous HTTP/2 client for Python 2.7 by always_good on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:13PM (#16651726)
> After 2.x being officially deprecated, what's the point of having a Async HTTP/2 client working (mostly back-porting features that's already on 3k) on 2.x?

Once again, the point is that software will continue working beyond that deprecation event.

As you said, the cost/benefit analysis of a rewrite isn't always in favor of a rewrite at that point in time. So what must follow is that there will be Python 2 software out in the wild for some time regardless of support. What other possibility is there?

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Re:Show HN: Asynchronous HTTP/2 client for Python 2.7 by devy on Thursday March 22, 2018 @06:50PM (#16653461)
> Once again, the point is that software will continue working beyond that deprecation event.

Yes, python 2.x code will work - but in the event major CVEs for a piece of software stack that's deprecated, you are left to no choice but to fix on your own. Those sometime are by no means no small feat! And mind you this is an ongoing battle to patch up security holes.

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