But it's not unfortunately. 2.7.18 was just a re-release of 2.7.16 from 4 Mar 2019. 2.7.18's only purpose was to share the first few numbers from Euler's constant. (silly programmers)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/OFCIETIXL...
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/v2.7.18/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.18....
Tony ________________________________ From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com on behalf of Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:09:34 PM To: Tom Consodine nd5y@yahoo.com Cc: Discussion of CHIRP chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Subject: Re: [chirp_users] CHIRP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and WINE
It's listed under Active Python Releases and the latest version 2.7.18 was released April 20th 2020. That makes it still current and supported.
On 20 April 2020 at 20:46 Tom Consodine nd5y@yahoo.com wrote:
If it's under development then why does it say this? 2.7 Maintenance status end-of-life First released 2010-07-03 End of support 2020-01-01
Tom ND5Y
On 4/20/20 7:18 PM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
No. Python 2.7 is still under active development. You might just need to install it if your distro vendor doesn't. It's here: https://www.python.org/downloads/
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