[Twisted-Python] A Proposal for reducing the burden of developing on Twisted by dropping Python 2 support

[Scott, Barry]

On Tuesday, 26 March 2019 04:57:57 BST Glyph wrote:
> Hi Barry!
> 
> Thanks for your feedback.
> 
> > On Mar 25, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Scott, Barry <barry.scott at forcepoint.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > We are stuck on python2.7 for the foreseeable future and you will not see
> > us in the PyPi stats. We download your release tar ball and build an RPM
> > from it. We also have to build python2.7 our selves as we are stuck on
> > Centos 6.8.
> Given the nature of your product I'm curious: isn't the inability to
> maintain certifications like PCI / HIPAA due to the lack of upstream
> support for python 2.7 a problem for a security application?

So long as RedHat/Centos support 2.7 we should be fine and they will support
it far beyond the python.org EOL date.

> > Having a legacy twisted with critical bugs and security fixes would work
> > for us.
> 
> Apropos of the question in my other response - would you (or any of your
> colleagues) be willing to take responsibility for such a branch and do the
> security triage / backport work there?

I'll investigate from my end - no promises.

Barry

> 
> -g