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On 11/11/21 17:05, Michał Górny wrote: |
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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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If the interpreters we support are aligned to 3.9 by the time python 3.8 |
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is EOL, it is fine. |
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Maybe could be good to add tags to git when we do this so people have an |
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easy way to update from older setups. |
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lu |
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