<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Peter Cock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com" target="_blank">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":79s" class="" style="overflow:hidden">Are there still any major platforms using <span class="">Python</span> 2.6 by default?</div></blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Or which will still be using py2.6 two <span class="">Biopython</span> releases from now. <span class="">Python</span> 2.6 development and support ended Oct 2013 and has been in security only since 2011. It is not like platforms have not had notice.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I would consider setting a timeframe to fork <span class="">Biopython</span> into 2.7 and 3.3+ with 2.7 receiving bug fixes only (same as <span class="">python</span> 2.7) I suggest this because continuing to develop new code to support 2.7 until 2020 seem wrong. </div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Vincent Davis</div><div>720-301-3003<span></span><span></span></div></div></div>
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