<snip> > > 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. I guess only reason to specify a (max) supported Python version is the environment in community lab. So, if someone submits a patch that requires a newer version, it should be caught in the CI. This should enable us to reject such a patch.
> > > > Owen Hilyard > > Python 3.6 reached end of life in 2021. > > https://lwn.net/Articles/880859/
