Thanks for chiming in everyone. Since there has not been any concerns for removing python 3.9, I plan to merge this PR [1] by the end of the week, 10/17.
Best, Kevin Liu [1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2554 On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for chiming in, everyone. It looks like there are no major concerns. > > Kind regards, > Fokko > > Op za 11 okt 2025 om 20:28 schreef Drew <[email protected]>: > >> +1 to remove the support of 3.9. >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM Steven Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM Alex Stephen >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> Python 3.9 is EOL. We shouldn't be encouraging users to stay on EOL >>>>> versions of Python. >>>>> >>>>> This can be our community's contribution towards the Python >>>>> ecosystem's migration off 3.9. It's great to help out our fellow OSS >>>>> projects! >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM Honah J. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 to remove 3.9 support. Thanks for driving this! >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Jonas (Honah) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It makes sense to me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks ! >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> JB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Hi everyone, >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I wanted to check if there are any objections to dropping Python >>>>>>> 3.9 support. Dropping means that we won't publish 3.9 wheels anymore. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > The two main reasons to do this: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Reduce the CI cost when we add 3.13 >>>>>>> > Downstream projects like numpy and ray often support three Python >>>>>>> versions. If we want to support more, we have to have conditional >>>>>>> dependencies based on the Python version. This makes Poetry very slow, >>>>>>> as >>>>>>> the work effectively doubles. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Python 3.9 is marked as EoL next week. Around 5% of the downloads >>>>>>> are Python 3.9. But as Kevin pointed out, most of that will probably be >>>>>>> our >>>>>>> CI. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Let us know if there are any objections! >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Kind regards, >>>>>>> > Fokko >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>
