Feasibility of Python 2.7 security update in 14.04

[Marc Deslauriers]

Hi,

On 2016-10-20 03:32 AM, Aaron Gable wrote:
> 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/
> 
> 

The plan was to update Ubuntu 14.04 to Python 2.7.10. I'm not sure what the
current status is:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/1348955
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1525507

Marc.