+1 from me as well. The maintainers argument Martin mentioned is a strong
one.

Upgrading the Python versions we mention and use in a separate PR is also a
good idea.


Kind regards,
Oscar

-- 
Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind <os...@westravanholthe.nl>

Op wo 9 okt. 2024 10:08 schreef Martin Grigorov <mgrigo...@apache.org>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm +1 for dropping PyPy 3.9 since it is no longer supported by its
> maintainers.
>
> Side note: I just love how things start breaking without any change in our
> code...
> This is why I prefer setting exact versions of the dependencies and
> manually update them if the new version does not break (
> https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/issues/4)
>
> AFAIK Python 3.8 is also EOL-ed but we still mention even 3.7 at
>
> https://github.com/apache/avro/blob/9304cb793aee4d5b1da56b1dced3b7e65329779f/lang/py/setup.cfg#L36-L37
> Dropping 3.7/3.8 and adding 3.12/3.13 should be done in a separate PR.
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 11:24 AM Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Our CI failed for a long time because PyPy-3.9 doesn't have a pre-built
> > Cramjam, as I discovered in this comment [1].
> >
> > I initiated a discussion [2] with Cramjam's maintainer and found that
> it's
> > the PyPy team's policy to support only one version, and they are planning
> > to deprecate PyPy 3.9 [3].
> >
> > I'm writing this thread to discuss whether it's a good idea for us to
> drop
> > the tests on PyPy 3.9.
> >
> > I'm willing to implement this change.
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/3199#issuecomment-2399030073
> > [2]: https://github.com/milesgranger/cramjam/issues/185
> > [3]: https://pypy.org/posts/2024/08/pypy-v7317-release.html
> >
> > Xuanwo
> >
> > https://xuanwo.io/
> >
>

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