Drop support for Python 2 (#8272)

Author: AlexWaygood

.flake8

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ per-file-ignores =
   #     F811 redefinition of unused '...'
   stdlib/typing.pyi: E301, E302, E305, E501, E701, E741, F401, F403, F405, F811, F822, Y034, Y037
 
-exclude = .venv*,.git,*_pb2.pyi,stdlib/@python2/*
+exclude = .venv*,.git,*_pb2.pyi

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: ["linux", "win32", "darwin"]
-        python-version: ["2.7", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -123,14 +123,11 @@ flake8 .
 ### Standard library stubs
 
 The `stdlib` directory contains stubs for modules in the
-Python 3 standard library — which
+Python standard library — which
 includes pure Python modules, dynamically loaded extension modules,
 hard-linked extension modules, and the builtins. The `VERSIONS` file lists
 the versions of Python where the module is available.
 
-Stubs for Python 2 are available in the `stdlib/@python2` subdirectory.
-Modules that are only available for Python 2 are not listed in `VERSIONS`.
-
 ### Third-party library stubs
 
 We accept stubs for third-party packages into typeshed as long as:

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ contributors can be found in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).  **Please read
 it before submitting pull requests; do not report issues with annotations to
 the project the stubs are for, but instead report them here to typeshed.**
 
-Typeshed supports Python versions 2.7 and 3.7 and up.
+Typeshed supports Python versions 3.7 and up.
 
 ## Using
 

pyrightconfig.json

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
         "stubs",
         "test_cases"
     ],
-    "exclude": [
-        "**/@python2"
-    ],
     "typeCheckingMode": "basic",
     "strictListInference": true,
     "strictDictionaryInference": true,

pyrightconfig.stricter.json

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
         "test_cases"
     ],
     "exclude": [
-        "**/@python2",
         "stdlib/distutils/command",
         "stdlib/lib2to3/refactor.pyi",
         "stdlib/multiprocessing/reduction.pyi",