Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes: > 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, but won't until QEMU does.
In review of the original "[PATCH v3 6/6] Python: Drop support for Python 3.6", I volunteered to rework the rationale. Second thoughts: if y'all think this is good enough, let's leave it there. > Versions of Python available in our supported build platforms as of today, > with optional versions available in parentheses: > > openSUSE Leap 15.4: 3.6.15 (3.9.10, 3.10.2) > CentOS Stream 8: 3.6.8 (3.8.13, 3.9.16) > CentOS Stream 9: 3.9.13 > Fedora 36: 3.10 > Fedora 37: 3.11 > Debian 11: 3.9.2 > Alpine 3.14, 3.15: 3.9.16 > Alpine 3.16, 3.17: 3.10.10 > Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 3.8.10 > Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 3.10.4 > NetBSD 9.3: 3.9.13* > FreeBSD 12.4: 3.9.16 > FreeBSD 13.1: 3.9.16 > OpenBSD 7.2: 3.9.16 > > Note: Our VM tests install 3.7 specifically for freebsd and netbsd; the > default for "python" or "python3" in FreeBSD is 3.9.16. NetBSD does not > appear to have a default meta-package, but offers several options, the > lowest of which is 3.7.15. "python39" appears to be a pre-requisite to > one of the other packages we request in tests/vm/netbsd. > > Since it is safe to under our supported platform policy, bump our > minimum supported version of Python to 3.7. > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
