last final issue , which marked the complete end of support for the Python 2 branch. Updates for Python 2 will no longer be generated and all users are encouraged to switch to using Python 3. The Python 2.7 branch was in 2010 and its support was originally planned to end in 2015, but due to migration of projects to Python 3 and problems, when reworking the code, the lifetime of Python 2 was until 2020 year.
Although the CPython project will no longer officially work on Python 2, work on fixing vulnerabilities in Python 2.7 will continue to be carried out by community members interested in continuing to support this branch in their products. For example, Red Hat maintaining packages with Python 2.7 throughout RHEL 6 and 7 distributions, and for RHEL 8 it will generate package updates in Application Stream until June 2024.
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