From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53212A034E; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:53:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C7E42708; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:53:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f170.google.com (mail-pl1-f170.google.com [209.85.214.170]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C825442708 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:53:28 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f170.google.com with SMTP id d1so5502245plh.10 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:53:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6xO7Au24H60I98rAcq7YUjfXBNJPjf6l1vuQIpMXz+I=; b=EkabUzxT9HWMge3UwSzeMKC5IIzr9OehTvgo2KjU91HhlZ1XcHC5QX+xdEn1KDBTot 2X/8s5+E6K5rc9L/lGlBKuu/QZeOmC9V8MkcuQTfo3MeRUL1HAjt7XRCWe+OK30qB4Pg z73DCfqdMDCfW1102bgaQx0dYtOV6tdoDjc+5YRsl5wua+VBFJ9WBDNbSDyDQt+9KjLU 43Kjhouw5tBo1ohVkkHJZt7HBDa+KlhPqVrKaplJibEUTzBEXtNBx6QUX3g5rEhlN0mX RwAEvyESlXGxVNJ1s9DeIQBOYWK2l03yqGmEQz9J0M6JZLr0zAQlj462kHWLHIkLWdEr Vlyw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6xO7Au24H60I98rAcq7YUjfXBNJPjf6l1vuQIpMXz+I=; b=exn65xQQiBNKe64usieF+Zc5tLqOnEvt84KYESw59akw+HYNtGqJZhBuwX73Cq2PLh I9c/JMoNzmh/57KjgmOVGReTjnI73cIYuEWw7v7+2tsyRGYnRL724xKSde0zX7U4T0+Q /LqxeQljhZX45dnhO5uVtePMzXrE9bA/yQyEeunPyCT3zt1N9LLrLAZgdqHqQsCrJSpC ocoD6rO+bi5HA9eHVJsPFTw9O2169cYLUzm35lo+WBDPGeJREjcwZXQOQzjMT4zZouDT NjT4OtRo0rM/Z5se3U8cDK2jIaKr0M1CjolidpKrvRJTeQOk6MSDa3bLlJt2D+/b8y4O RUIA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530XbsH5GT4nPgzHzMGDN9EdDS5FkFMerutjhw2IZRxVY+Iwa6j6 BP864/MNnzMP2gEqRi0WB3R57Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxPXSs7FRIujDtLPa4VuS4ps3Nae6sccxhXRYn+L6Ufh4DFLrAT4qkhsuBcR1lz6qYjCq3vgQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:bc86:b0:149:8dd5:a382 with SMTP id bb6-20020a170902bc8600b001498dd5a382mr39053841plb.52.1642694007942; Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:53:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-112-199.wavecable.com. [204.195.112.199]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d12sm3808601pfl.24.2022.01.20.07.53.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:53:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:53:24 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Owen Hilyard Cc: dts@dpdk.org, dev , Honnappa Nagarahalli Subject: Re: [RFC] Python Version for DTS Message-ID: <20220120075324.04a53563@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:42:51 -0500 Owen Hilyard wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > DTS has operated using the version of python available in the oldest > supported Ubuntu LTS for a while now, but after some discussion in the > working group, we decided that DTS should designate a Python version > explicitly for the sake of compatibility. My initial proposal is Python > 3.6, due to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS shipping with it by default. Currently, the > Community CI Lab runs Python 3.8 on all testers (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), but for > the sake of compatibility a lower python version might be desirable. > > The working group is specifically looking for reasons to not use Python 3.6. > > The Community CI Lab perspective is that versions higher than 3.8 are not > acceptable due to the issues with changing the default Python installation > on Ubuntu. This may be raised to 3.10 in June of this year after we have > had time to evaluate the 22.04 release of Ubuntu. > > Owen Hilyard Python 3.6 reached end of life in 2021. https://lwn.net/Articles/880859/