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Hi, |
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I'd like to add some dates regarding 3.8 removal and 3.10 switch to |
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the implementation timeline [1]. |
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Unless I'm mistaken, CPython is following a yearly release cycle these |
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days. I think it would make sense to also aim for a yearly cycle |
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in Gentoo, i.e. roughly switch to the next minor version every year. |
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Hence my proposal would be to: |
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a. ASAP: send "please port your packages to py3.9" mail |
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b. 2022-06-01: remove py3.8 target |
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c. ASAP: stabilize Python 3.9 interpreter + start working towards |
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unmasking python3_9 flag on stable |
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d. 2022-06-01: switch the default to py3.10 |
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In other news, there's a good chance that PyPy3 will catch up to 3.9 |
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before we remove 3.8. |
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WDYT? |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Python/Implementations#Implementation_support_timeline |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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