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<snip>
>=20
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:42:51 -0500
> Owen Hilyard <ohilyard@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
>=20
> > 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 mi=
ght 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.
I guess only reason to specify a (max) supported Python version is the envi=
ronment in community lab. So, if someone submits a patch that requires a ne=
wer version, it should be caught in the CI. This should enable us to reject=
such a patch.
> >
> > Owen Hilyard
>=20
> Python 3.6 reached end of life in 2021.
>=20
> https://lwn.net/Articles/880859/