python 2.7 is still a thing because it was announced as the LTS* release over a decade ago. * nobody called it that, but thats effectively what it meant to say

python 2.7 is still a thing because it was announced as the LTS* release over a decade ago. * nobody called it that, but thats effectively what it meant to say “there will be no python 2.8. Python 2.7 will be supported until T. Python 3.x will be superceded in a year.”