Merge pull request #99 from Carreau/widen-scope

Generalise statement beyond scientific stack

Author: takluyver

_sections/20-statement.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ color: white
 
 # Moving to require Python 3
 
-All of the major projects making up the Scientific Python stack now support
+Almost all major open source Python packages now support
 both Python 3.x and Python 2.7, and many projects have been supporting these
 two versions of the language for several years. While we have developed tools
 and techniques to maintain compatibility efficiently, it is a small but
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ if not before. We will then be able to simplify our code and take advantage of
 the many new features in the current version of the Python language and
 standard library.
 
-In addition, significantly before 2020, some of our projects will step down
-Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and make new feature releases which
-require Python 3. This too parallels support for the language itself, as Python
+In addition, significantly before 2020, many of our projects will step down
+Python 2.7 support to only fixing bugs, and require Python 3 for all new
+feature releases. Some projects have already made this transition.
+This too parallels support for the language itself, as Python
 2.7 releases only include bugfixes and security improvements.
 
 Third parties may offer paid support for our projects on old Python versions
 for longer than we support them ourselves. We won’t obstruct this, and it is a
 core principle of free and open source software that this is possible. However,
-if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projects in the Scientific
+if you enjoy the free, first party support for many projects including the Scientific
 Python stack, please start planning to move to Python 3.
 
 For all of these reasons, the following projects have pledged to **drop support