Is there a python 2 backport for the concurrency.futures package from python 3

Question

I would like to use the nice executors and threadpooling APIs but I am constrained to a Python 2 environment. I cannot upgrade to Python 3 due to another third party dependency.

The closest answer I found is: Concurrent in Python 2

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Answer 1

Found the following package for Python 2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/futures

It says: Backport of the concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2

Trying it out.

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I used that for python 2.7. Installed it (i.e. python-concurrent.futures) using Synaptic Package Manager (for ubuntu user) instead. – Marketable