In 2014, under Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP) 466, Python developers decided to backport the OpenSSL ssl module from Python 3.4 to Python 2.7, despite 2.7 already being a maintenance release.

The Python development community announced Thursday the official release of version 2.6, a significant transitional release that introduces some of the features that have been implemented for ...

He was not happy to discover that in fact PSF will release Python 2.7.18 in April. "[O]ver the last five years I've put in a huge amount of work to ensure that my organization is ready for Python ...