python2.7最后一个版本_python2的最后一个版本Python 2.7.18 发布

The CPython core developers are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.18.

Python 2.7.18 is the last Python 2.7

release and therefore the last Python 2 release. It's time for the CPython

community to say a fond but firm farewell to Python 2.

Download this unique, commemorative Python release onpython.org.

Python 2.7 has been under active development since the release of Python 2.6,

more than 11 years ago. Over all those years, CPython's core developers and

contributors sedulously applied bug fixes to the 2.7 branch, no small task as

the Python 2 and 3 branches diverged. There were large changes midway through

Python 2.7's life such as PEP 466's feature backports to the ssl module and

hash randomization. Traditionally, these features would never have been added

to a branch in maintenance mode, but exceptions were made to keep Python 2 users

secure. Thank you to CPython's community for such dedication.

Python 2.7 was lucky to have the services of two generations of binary builders

and operating system experts, Martin von Löwis and Steve Dower for Windows, and

Ronald Oussoren and Ned Deily for macOS. The reason we provided binary Python

2.7 releases for macOS 10.9, an operating system obsoleted by Apple 4 years ago,

or why the "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7" exists is the

dedication of these individuals.

Python 3 would be nowhere without the dedication of the wider community. Library

maintainers followed CPython by maintaining Python 2 support for many years but

also threw their weight behind thePython 3 statement.

Linux distributors chased Python 2 out of their

archives. Users migrated hundreds of millions of lines of code, developed

porting guides, and kept Python 2 in their brain while Python 3 gained 10 years

of improvements.

Finally, thank you to GvR for creating Python 0.9, 1, 2, and 3.

Long live Python 3+!