On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:42:51 -0500 Owen Hilyard <ohily...@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > > DTS has operated using the version of python available in the oldest > supported Ubuntu LTS for a while now, but after some discussion in the > working group, we decided that DTS should designate a Python version > explicitly for the sake of compatibility. My initial proposal is Python > 3.6, due to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS shipping with it by default. Currently, the > Community CI Lab runs Python 3.8 on all testers (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), but for > the sake of compatibility a lower python version might be desirable. > > The working group is specifically looking for reasons to not use Python 3.6. > > The Community CI Lab perspective is that versions higher than 3.8 are not > acceptable due to the issues with changing the default Python installation > on Ubuntu. This may be raised to 3.10 in June of this year after we have > had time to evaluate the 22.04 release of Ubuntu. > > Owen Hilyard Python 3.6 reached end of life in 2021. https://lwn.net/Articles/880859/
