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Hi, |
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I would like to remind you that following our timeline [1], all packages |
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that haven't been ported to Python 3.8 will be last rited on 2021-05-01. |
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The rather short list can be found at [2]. I've also pinged most of |
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the maintainers on IRC already but I don't think anyone ponged back. |
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Please remember that we've switched to Python 3.8 in December 2020, so |
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these packages are not installable in the default setup for a few months |
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now. |
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Also note that since there were no objections raised, we're going to |
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switch the default to Python 3.9 around 2021-06-01. Py3.9 list [3] |
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needs some attention but then, my experience shows that we're already |
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past that point in the curve where further delay will make very little |
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difference. |
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Note that this is deliberately synced, so that change in PYTHON_TARGETS |
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will happen at the same time as removing python3_7 from them, so people |
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get only one rebuild for both changes. The python3.7 interpreter will |
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stay for as long as feasible to maintain it, for the people that still |
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need it. |
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I'm planning to publish a complete news item this time. I will send |
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a draft soonish. |
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This finally finishes the few year long effort on catching up with |
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CPython upstream and ending being 2-3 major releases behind. |
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Python 3.10 betas are around the corner too, so we will start adding |
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the next target soon. |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Python/Implementations#Implementation_support_timeline |
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[2] https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/gpyutils/37-to-38.txt |
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[3] https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/gpyutils/38-to-39.txt |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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