On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 11:40:57AM -0500, John Snow wrote: > On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 11:27 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 10:40:34AM -0500, John Snow wrote: > > > Python 3.6 was EOL 2021-12-31. Newer versions of upstream libraries have > > > begun dropping support for this version and it is becoming more > > > cumbersome to support. Avocado-framework and qemu.qmp each have their > > > own reasons for wanting to drop Python 3.6. > > > > > > Since it is safe to under our supported platform policy, do so. > > > > Upstream EOL dates are essentially irrelevant from our platform > > support policy for deciding min versions > > > > It's relevant because as other Python packages drop support, the > burden of support is pushed onto Cleber and I, as explained in the > cover letter. It is not a justification in and of itself, but it > summarizes the ecosystem conditions that prompt the desire for the > change. > > QEMU aims to target released OS distributions, and their vendors > > may choose to support software for arbitrarily longer periods of > > time than upstream. This extended support is one of the key > > value adds of OS distributions. > > > > To justify dropping python 3.6, the commit message needs to > > illustrate that all our targetted distros are capable of > > supporting the new proposed new min version. > > That is the point of this series: illustrating that it is indeed safe > to drop Python 3.6. I am not clear on what you are actually requesting > as a change.
Essentially it should explain what versions are available in each distro. See for example commit 5890258aeeba303704ec1adca415e46067800777. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|