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