[Ubuntu/Debian] (was: Removing support for Python 3.6 (even 3.7?) this cycle (for upcoming hg-6.9))

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "RG" == Raphaël Gomès <raphael.gomes at octobus.net> writes:

> Hi all,
> The question of removing support for Python 3.6 (and to a lesser
> extent 3.7) is being raised more and more, while the burden of
> supporting it is increasing.

> Does anyone still care about Python 3.6 or even Python 3.7? Both
> versions have been EOL for a while (2021-12-23 and 2023-06-27
> respectively), and distros/users seem to largely have jumped to much
> more recent versions. For instance, Centos 7 and 8 are EOL and the
> latter already had 3.9, Rocky Linux 8 has 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.11 and
> 3.12.

Ubuntu
Even I had to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 24.04, the latter ships
python 3.12. The  «last» LTS, that is still supported Focal, ships 3.8.

Debian
bookworm, current,  ships 3.11 
booster, the last supported one: 3.7


Uwe Brauer 
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