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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,31 @@ Instructions for installing from source,
`PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pandas>`__, `ActivePython <https://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads>`__, various Linux distributions, or a
`development version <http://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas>`__ are also provided.

.. _install.dropping_27

Plan for dropping Python 2.7
----------------------------

The Python core team plans to stop supporting Python 2.7 on January 1st, 2020.
In line with `NumPy's plans`_, all pandas releases through December 31, 2018 will
support Python 2.

The final major release before **December 31, 2018** will be a long term support (LTS) release.
The pandas maintainers will backport bugfixes and make releases supporting Python 2 to that branch.
For example, if ``0.25.0`` is the last major release, we'll make make releases for ``0.25.1``, ``0.25.2``, etc., as needed.
This branch will not receive new features.

Starting **January 1, 2019**, all major release will be Python 3 only.

Starting **January 1, 2020**, the pandas maintainers will stop supporting Python 2. The released packages will still be
available on PyPI and through conda, but will not recieve any more bugfixes.
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For more information, see the `Python 3 statement`_ and the `Porting to Python 3 guide`_.

.. _NumPy's plans: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/neps/nep-0014-dropping-python2.7-proposal.rst#plan-for-dropping-python-27-support
.. _Python 3 statement: http://python3statement.org/
.. _Porting to Python 3 guide: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html

Python version support
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with a large number of bug fixes. We recommend that all users upgrade to this
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.. warning::

Starting January 1, 2019, pandas feature releases will support Python 3 only.
See :ref:`install.dropping_27` for more.

.. _whatsnew_0230.enhancements:

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