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In T301908#7734698 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301908#7734698>, @Strainu wrote: > I continue to believe we need to support a version at least a year after Cloud Services have moved away from it, as described in https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/pywiki...@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BSTDB6JYJ74DE3BTNWND4BAROLIXJTW5/ > > That would mean mid-2023 if I understood correctly the latest news about the Debian upgrades. If I follow this your proposal: 1. two years after official support has ended (e.g. 7 years after launch) AND 2. one year after Toolforge moved to a newer Python version. AND 3. the percentage of users of a version goes under 5% 1. The official support has ended Sept. 2020; two additional years will be Sept 2022. Dropping Python 3.5 is not planed for an earlier date. 2. Toolforge migration has already started. 3. The percentage of users is already below 0,3 % except for Toolforge but this will decrease rapidly if the Python base is changed. I don't want to fight for a few weeks or months. Release Pywikibot 7 was also postponed for few months. But I want to promote a change as early as even possible but this is also a long term process so that it can be planned. Please take into account that other packages that are mandatory for Pywikibot need Python 3.6 already; for example the central http interface `requests` has dropped Python 3.5 support 7 months ago and Python 3.6 support will be dropped this year. See also https://codesearch.wmcloud.org/pywikibot/?q=3(%5C.%7C%2C%20)%5B56%5D&i=nope&files=&excludeFiles=&repos= to keep Python 3.5 compatibility. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T301908 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Xqt Cc: Majavah, Strainu, Mpaa, Framawiki, Dvorapa, Dalba, Meno25, valhallasw, Multichill, Rubin16, Basilicofresco, kscanne, Larske, Lee, Huji, Salween, JJMC89, Legoktm, matej_suchanek, Aklapper, Xqt, pywikibot-bugs-list, Jyoo1011, JohnsonLee01, SHEKH, Dijkstra, Khutuck, Zkhalido, Viztor, Wenyi, Tbscho, MayS, Mdupont, Altostratus, Avicennasis, mys_721tx, jayvdb, Masti, Alchimista
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