> On April 20th, 2020, [a release manager named Benjamin Peterson smashed the "publish" button on Python 2.7.18](https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/OFCIETIXLX34X7FVK5B5WPZH22HXV342/). The Python …
A pledge to drop Python 2 support by 2020.
James Bennett, a long-time Python developer, blogger, and contributor to Django, recently wrote a nice post about the "end" of Python 2.x, entitled "Variations on the Death of Python 2." It's a great read for anyone who, like me, has been in the Python community a long time. I've been…