+1 - Michael
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:42 AM Matteo Merli <mme...@apache.org> wrote: > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/15185 > > ## Motivation > > Python 2.x has been deprecated for many years now and it was > officially end-of-lifed 2.5 years ago > (https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/). > > We have well reached the point by which we need to drop Python 2.7 > compatibility for Pulsar client and for Pulsar functions. > > Based on Python end-of-life policies, there are 4 versions of Python > that are currently supported: 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. > https://endoflife.date/python > > That gives a 5 years support schedule from release to EoL. > > ## Goal > > Support only the last 4 Python releases Pulsar client and for Pulsar > functions, currently 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. Once 3.7 reaches > end-of-life, it will be dropped by Pulsar too. > > This policy will be also applied to the Pulsar patch releases which > will stop providing Python wheel files for the deprecated versions. > > ## API Changes > > No changes at this time, though Pulsar Python client library will be > now free to use Python3 specific syntaxes and libraries. > > ## Changes > > 1. Switch the CI build to run Python client lib tests with Python3 > 2. Switch integration tests to use Python3 > 3. Stop building and distributing wheel files for Python 2.7 > > -- > Matteo Merli > <mme...@apache.org>
