Timeline for dropping Python 2.x support
Official support for Python 2 will be discontinued starting from January, 1st 2020
The PyOWM project has a plan to gradually transition 2.x support to that date
The last PyOWM release with dual support for Python 2.x and 3.x is release 2.9
Release 2.9 will benefit of a "Long Term Support" (LTS) for
- bug fixing cross-impacting 2.x-3.x code
- fixing of 2.x specific issues
Upon release 2.9 a new branch called v2.9-LTS will be created from the master branch, and the above mentioned fixes will be then applied on such a branch
The v2.9-LTS branch will not embed any new feature and will not be released to PyPi (it will only be installable via git clone + setup.py).
The v2.9-LTS branch will be operated until January, 1st 2020. After that date, a tag will be made out of the branch and the branch will be closed, therefore ending Python 2.x support forever
Here is a visual representation of the timeline:
