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On 20/10/2013 03:13, Roy Smith wrote:
> 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.
>

Dear Amazon,

Please upgrade to Python 3.3 or similar so that users can have better 
unicode support amongst other things.

Love and kisses.

Mark.

-- 
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Most poems rhyme,
But this one doesn't.

Mark Lawrence