Some support for your point regarding the LTS: The yet to be released RHEL 7 still has Python 2.7.5[1] bundled and not Python 3. RHEL 5 & 6 are being supported

Some support for your point regarding the LTS: The yet to be released RHEL 7 still has Python 2.7.5[1] bundled and not Python 3. RHEL 5 & 6 are being supported for 10 to 13 years[2]. I'd assume that RH will provide any improvements made though - aren't they even required to? [1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_E... [2] https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/ https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata...