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> On 11 Nov 2021, at 18:40, Patrick McLean <chutzpah@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:58:24 -0500 |
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> "Wolfgang E. Sanyer" <wolfgangesanyer@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> El jue, 11 de nov. de 2021 12:56 p. m., Patrick McLean <chutzpah@g.o> |
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>>> On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:05:45 +0100 |
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>>> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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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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>>> Could we please push this back, I would prefer some time in 2023 if |
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>>> possible. |
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>> Is there a particular reason you wish to push it back, or is it purely |
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>> personal preference? |
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> Professional preference? My employer (which employs several Gentoo |
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> developers, and funds a large amount of Gentoo work) needs a bit more |
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> time to migrate all the internal stuff to 3.10. |
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I think this is fair but if you do need something for work, please say that |
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so we don't need to guess / think it might be for your personal capacity. |
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I also think it's probably worthwhile to offer upfront help if needed if you |
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can. |
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That said, I agree! |
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I think we need to push it back a little bit to ease upgrades (see |
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the recent thread) but also to help downstreams like Flatcar OS |
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which are still migrating away from Python 3.8. |
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I don't mind chipping in to help. |
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[There is a separate issue with stabilising the Python 3.10 |
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interpreter. I'd like this done as soon as it's ready (and it works |
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fine here), but there's a problem with circular dependencies |
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and python-any-r1 dragging it in on upgrades and causing issues with libxcrypt.] |
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Best, |
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sam |
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