[Biopython-dev] Planning to drop Python 2 support by 2020?

[Peter Cock]

Dear fellow Biopythoneers,

Or next release (Biopython 1.69) drops Python 2.6 support, and will
target Python 2.7 and Python 3.3 onwards.

While Python 2.7 support will continue in the short to medium term,
the Python team themselves currently plan to stop support by 2020.
That is only three or four more years, and seems a sensible upper
limit for how long Biopython continues to support Python 2.7.

Furthermore, NumPy (which a lot of our code depends on) and
other high profile relevant projects also intend to drop their
Python 2.7 support by 2020 as advertised on this campaign
site: http://www.python3statement.org/

Does anyone object to adopting this goal for Biopython, and
adding the project to http://www.python3statement.org/ ?

Thanks,

Peter