Should we make Python 3.7 default then and leave all others as-is ?

J.


On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 1:48 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:

> We should definitely support Python 3.6 to make the Upgrades to Airflow
> 2.0 a bit easier.
>
> As of yesterday, checks these stats from PyPI downloads:
>
> Py3.7: 12,578
> Py3.6: 9,806
> Py3.8: 1,815
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:40 AM Halo Ku <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> If I may point that Airflow is a wokrflow managment system and as
>> such the power of the tool is in direct extention to the levrage providers.
>> This should also be checked from how many of the providers are compatible
>> with 3.8 / 3.9
>>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 05, 2020 at 1:16 PM
>> *From:* "Ash Berlin-Taylor" <[email protected]>
>> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: Default/supported Python versions for Airlfow 2.0
>> Debian stable ships python 3.7(.3)
>> CentOS 8 has two packages - python36 and python38
>> Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) has 3.6.5
>> Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS) has 3.8.2
>>
>> (https://pkgs.org/search/?q=python3&on=files)
>>
>> RHEL is harder to find out about . RHEL8 has python 3.6 as python3, and
>> RHEL 8.2 has Py3.8 as a separate package
>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/configuring_basic_system_settings/index#using-python3_configuring-basic-system-settings
>>
>> So for default version 3.8 or 3.9 gets my vote. I think the cost/burden
>> of supporting back to 3.6 is not very great, so we should continue to
>> support (and I guess test) that.
>>
>> -ash
>>
>> On Nov 5 2020, at 8:49 am, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have a question. What do people think about default version of
>> Pyhon for Airflow 2.0 (and set of supported versions)?
>>
>> Currently, we have python 3.6 as default, but all the version up to 3.8
>> are officially supported and tested and PR for python 3.9 is in Draft:
>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/11950
>>
>> This is the release schedule for python versions. We have a year till the
>> end of 3.6
>>
>> Branch Schedule Status   First release End-of-life
>> 3.9    PEP 596  bugfix   2020-10-05    TBD
>> 3.8    PEP 569  bugfix   2019-10-14    2024-10
>> 3.7    PEP 537  security 2018-06-27    2023-06-27
>> 3.6    PEP 494  security 2016-12-23    2021-12-23
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
>> J.
>>
>>
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>>
>> Jarek Potiuk
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>>
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>>
>>

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