Re:Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2
by takeda on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:05AM
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You can, that's what RedHat is doing. It will be still Python 2.7.18 + security patches.
You probably confusing it with Tauton (a Python 2.7 with backported Python 3 features) that tried to place itself as Python 2.8. By backporting these changes they created essentially 3rd version of Python that was incompatible with other 2.
You probably confusing it with Tauton (a Python 2.7 with backported Python 3 features) that tried to place itself as Python 2.8. By backporting these changes they created essentially 3rd version of Python that was incompatible with other 2.