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Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:

> In article <mailman.1278.1382234998.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Heck, I can't even really move off 2.6 because we use Amazon's EMR
> > > service, which is stuck on 2.6.
> > 
> > Hrm. 2.6 is now in source-only security-only support, and that's
> > about to end (there's a 2.6.9 in the pipeline, and that's that).
> > It's about time Amazon moved to 2.7, at least...
>
> Tell that to Amazon.

Tell that to customers of Amazon's EMR service, who are going to have
rather more leverage with Amazon than non-customers.

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