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# Supported Python Versions
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With Python 2.7 officially going EOL on [01 Jan 2020](https://pythonclock.org/),
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we need a support plan for the repo project itself.
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Inevitably, there will be a long tail of users who still want to use Python 2 on
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their old LTS/corp systems and have little power to change the system.
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## Summary
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* Python 3.6 (released Dec 2016) is required by default starting with repo-1.14.
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* Older versions of Python (e.g. v2.7) may use the legacy feature-frozen branch
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based on repo-1.13.
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## Overview
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We provide a branch for Python 2 users that is feature-frozen.
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Bugfixes may be added on a best-effort basis or from the community, but largely
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no new features will be added, nor is support guaranteed.
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Users can select this during `repo init` time via the [repo launcher].
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Otherwise the default branches (e.g. stable & master) will be used which will
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require Python 3.
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This means the [repo launcher] needs to support both Python 2 & Python 3, but
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since it doesn't import any other repo code, this shouldn't be too problematic.
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The master branch will require Python 3.6 at a minimum.
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If the system has an older version of Python 3, then users will have to select
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the legacy Python 2 branch instead.
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[repo launcher]: ../repo
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