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How does Debian support python2.7 during 2020-01-01 .. ~2022?

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Dear DDs,

Python 2 upstream support has ended 2020-01-01. As python2.7 is still in 
buster repositories, it's somehow supported by Debian at least until 
buster EOL ~2022.

Is there a Debian strategy for what that support actually means? I'm 
asking for the interpreter / standard library in particular.
Will Debian developers pick and apply security/bugfix patches from the 
broader community?
Or will they even develop patches on their own?
Or not that much, besides keeping runtime and reverse dependencies 
buildable?

The Debian way for >= bullseye is quite clear from reading this list, 
but I couldn't find much about the "dead upstream" period in buster.

Thanks for all your work,
Tobias

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How does Debian support python2.7 during 2020-01-01 ..  ~2022? Tobias Deiminger <tobias.deiminger@posteo.de> - 2020-01-30 16:10 +0100

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