Cent OS 7 will support Python 2 for free until 2024. I would assume most patches will work without changes on other OSes as well. But if you want someone to do

Cent OS 7 will support Python 2 for free until 2024. I would assume most patches will work without changes on other OSes as well. But if you want someone to do the QA work (and compiling) for you and no independent Python 2 fork will arise, you'd presumably have to pay someone for that. Beyond that, apparently you can pay Red Hat to big bucks to provide you with bug fixes for really old Red Hat releases in a similar way you can pay Microsoft big bucks to get patches for Windows XP even today. I'm sure other companies will do the same if they can find enough customers that find porting costs more than such a support contract.