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77#Moving to require Python 3
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9- All of the majorprojects making up the Scientific Pythonstack now support
9+ Almost all majoropen souce Pythonpackages now support
1010both Python 3.x and Python 2.7, and many projects have been supporting these
1111two versions of the language for several years. While we have developed tools
1212and techniques to maintain compatibility efficiently, it is a small but
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2626the many new features in the current version of the Python language and
2727standard library.
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29- In addition, significantly before 2020, some of our projects will step down
30- Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and make new feature releases which
31- require Python 3. This too parallels support for the language itself, as Python
29+ In addition, significantly before 2020, many of our projects will step down
30+ Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and require Python 3 for all new
31+ feature releases. Some projects have already made this transition.
32+ This too parallels support for the language itself, as Python
32332.7 releases only include bugfixes and security improvements.
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3435Third parties may offer paid support for our projects on old Python versions
3536for longer than we support them ourselves. We won’t obstruct this, and it is a
3637core principle of free and open source software that this is possible. However,
37- if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projectsin the Scientific
38+ if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projectsincluding the Scientific
3839Python stack, please start planning to move to Python 3.
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4041For all of these reasons, the following projects have pledged to** drop support