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Python 2.7 and 3.4 support plan
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Python 2.7 EOL is fast approaching, with
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upstream support `ending in 2020 <https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/#id4>`__.
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Python 3.4's last release is scheduled for
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`March 2019 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0429/#release-schedule>`__. pytest is one of
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the participating projects of the https://python3statement.org.
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The **pytest 4.6** series is the last to support Python 2.7 and 3.4, and was released in
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**June 2019**. **pytest 5.0** and onwards will support only Python 3.5+.
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Thanks to the `python_requires`_ ``setuptools`` option,
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Python 2.7 and Python 3.4 users using a modern ``pip`` version
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will install the last pytest ``4.6`` version automatically even if ``5.0`` or later
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are available on PyPI.
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While pytest ``5.0`` will be the new mainstream and development version, until **January 2020**
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the pytest core team plans to make bug-fix releases of the pytest ``4.6`` series by
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back-porting patches to the ``4.6-maintenance`` branch that affect Python 2 users.
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**After 2020**, the core team will no longer actively backport patches, but the ``4.6-maintenance``
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branch will continue to exist so the community itself can contribute patches. The core team will
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be happy to accept those patches and make new ``4.6`` releases **until mid-2020**.
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.. _`python_requires`: https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#python-requires
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Technical Aspects
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The technical aspects of the Python 2.7 and 3.4 support plan (such as when releases will occurr, how to backport fixes, etc) is described in issue `#5275 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5275>`__.
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