Feasibility of Python 2.7 security update in 14.04

[Aaron Gable]

Hi Ubuntu devs,

I'd like to inquire about the feasibility of including a update to the
python2.7[1] package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr.

In particular, the package is currently pinned at Python version
2.7.6[2] (from November 2.13). However, version 2.7.9[3] (from December
2014) includes significant network security enhancements[4] that I believe
may justify an update.

Is such an update simply out of the question for an LTS release? If not,
who are the relevant people for me to discuss this in more depth with?

Thanks for your help,
Aaron

[1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/python2.7
[2] https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/
[3] https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/
[4] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0466/
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