Python 2.7.18 Released: The Final Chapter of Python 2
On April 20, 2020, the Python core team released Python 2.7.18, the last official version of Python 2, concluding a two‑decade release history that began with Python 2.0 in 2000 and marking the end of maintenance for the legacy language.
On January 1, 2020 Python 2.7 officially reached end‑of‑life, but the final 2.7.18 release was delayed until April 20, 2020, when the Python core team published the last version of Python 2.
Note: The last Python 2.7 release before end‑of‑life was 2.7.17 on October 19, 2019; issues reported between then and January 1, 2020 were merged into the final 2.7.18 release.
The core developers explained that since Python 2.6’s release eleven years ago, Python 2.7 has been actively maintained, with CPython contributors diligently back‑porting bug fixes despite the divergence between Python 2 and Python 3 branches.
Below is a timeline of Python 2 releases:
October 16, 2000 – Python 2.0
April 17, 2001 – Python 2.1
December 21, 2001 – Python 2.2
July 29, 2003 – Python 2.3
November 30, 2004 – Python 2.4
September 19, 2006 – Python 2.5
October 1, 2008 – Python 2.6
July 3, 2010 – Python 2.7
January 1, 2020 – Python 2.7 end‑of‑life
April 20, 2020 – Python 2.7.18 final release
This marks the definitive end of the Python 2 series; the final version can be downloaded from https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718.
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