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On Thu, 2021-11-11 at 09:55 -0800, Patrick McLean wrote: |
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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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> > |
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> > Unless I'm mistaken, CPython is following a yearly release cycle |
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> > 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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> > |
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> > Hence my proposal would be to: |
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> > |
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> > a. ASAP: send "please port your packages to py3.9" mail |
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> > |
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> > b. 2022-06-01: remove py3.8 target |
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> |
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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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Are you going to help maintain the python interpreter? And fix tests for |
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old python targets? |
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