The final version of Python 3.9 is scheduled for release in early October, so Python maintainers believe it makes sense to remove the 2.7 compatibility layers.

Version 3.0 of Python 3 was released in December 2008, and Python 3.10.2 is the latest version at the time of writing the article. The migration from Python 2 to Python 3 took a long time due to ...

Soon to be the official tool for managing Python installations on Windows, the new Python Installation Manager picks up where the ‘py’ launcher left off.

However, an exception was made because of how important Python had become to the web and because using an outdated version of OpenSSL in Python 2.7 had broader implications for internet security.