Plans for Python 2.7.9 in supported Ubuntu releases

Asked by Felix Krull

What are the official plans for Python 2.7.9 (and further 2.7 patch releases) in supported releases? As per PEP 466 (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0466/), these will receive handpicked security-related feature additions from the Python 3 series. Will these new releases be included in released-and-still-supported Ubuntu versions? (I realise Ubuntu releases don't generally get new upstream software versions, but I feel this case might warrant an exception.)

Note that I'm specifically asking about the *features* mentioned in PEP 466 (and any future additions), i.e. the new functions in the hmac and hashlib modules and the backported ssl module, not any security issues in existing functionality.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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I suggest you report a bug

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Akshay Shah (akshay-u) said :
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Re-filed as a bug and linked here.

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Felix Krull (fkrull) said :
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All right; thanks :)