From ac6b8ccc69fdfaf1f10050140158420913a9c5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pradyun Gedam <3275593+pradyunsg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:47:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #8927 from
 hugovk/document-python-support-policy

Document Python support policy
---
 docs/html/development/release-process.rst | 8 +++++++-
 news/8927.removal                         | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 news/8927.removal

diff --git a/docs/html/development/release-process.rst b/docs/html/development/release-process.rst
index 44197955e8e..bad172f2459 100644
--- a/docs/html/development/release-process.rst
+++ b/docs/html/development/release-process.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ their merits.
   ``pip._internal.utils.deprecation.deprecated``. The function is not a part of
   pip's public API.
 
-Python 2 support
+Python 2 Support
 ----------------
 
 pip will continue to ensure that it runs on Python 2.7 after the CPython 2.7
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ only bugs will be considered, and merged (subject to normal review processes).
 Note that there may be delays due to the lack of developer resources for
 reviewing such pull requests.
 
+Python Support Policy
+---------------------
+
+In general, a given Python version is supported until its usage on PyPI falls below 5%.
+This is at the maintainers' discretion, in case extraordinary circumstances arise.
+
 .. _`Feature Flags`:
 
 Feature Flags
diff --git a/news/8927.removal b/news/8927.removal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0032fa5f29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/8927.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Document that Python versions are generally supported until PyPI usage falls below 5%.