On 3/18/19 9:52 PM, Michael Shuler wrote: > On 3/18/19 9:06 PM, Patrick Bannister wrote: >> I recommend we pick the longest supported stable release available. That >> would be Python 3.7, which is planned to get its last release in 2023, four >> years from now. >> - Python 3.5 was planned to get its last major release yesterday >> - Python 3.6 is planned to get its last major release in December 2021, >> about three years from now >> >> Any feedback on picking a tested Python version for cqlshlib? I'm inclined >> to focus on Python 3.7 as we push toward finishing the ticket. > > The correct method of choosing this would be to target runtime > functionality on the version in the latest LTS release of the likely > most-used OS. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS comes with python-3.6.5. I would think it > highly likely that if it runs properly on 3.6, it should run on 3.7 > fine. Using some 3.7-only feature/syntax and making it difficult on > people to install/use on Ubuntu LTS would be user-unfriendly. > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python3 > > There is not a similar CentOS package search, but I see a couple docs > say that python-3.6 is available via the SCL repository for this OS. I > do not see a 3.7 installation noted.
No python-3.7 install in the SCL repos: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/?search=python&policy=&repo=&order_by=-create_date&per_page=10 > Shoot for the lowest common denominator in real world usage, not the > latest release from upstream. Super strong opinion, here. > Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org
