Plea for Python 2.7 LTS

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The official support of Python 2.7 ends 2020. This is a fact.

If you want to have a LTS-Version of Python, then pay developers for it!

There are enough companies outside which are willing to earn money.
I'm really angry about this, because the most people who depends on Python 2.7
and want to have support, are not paying for it.

Another fact is, that Python 2.7 is still in the current Debian release 10.2 Buster,
which has support till 2022. Some distributions are using Python 3 already as standard and
other will follow. If a distribution has removed all Python 2.7 dependencies,
they'll drop the support for Python 2.7. It's a logical step to reduce complexity.

I can give you a real world example from my job.
Minimum requirements of availability of spare parts in industry are 10 years.
If you go to SIEMENS, you can still get very old hardware, but you pay very much for it.
There are companies which are still using the SIEMENS S5 PLC. You can get the spare parts only on Ebay.
If something went wrong and only one PLC burns, they have to stop the production and look for very old spare parts on the market.
Why? Because they did not invest in modernization.