On Thu, 14 May 2020, at 15:13, Glyph wrote: > On May 13, 2020, at 10:04 PM, Amber Brown (hawkowl) > <hawk...@atleastfornow.net> wrote: > > > > On 14/5/20 5:10 am, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > >> I would like to propose that Twisted drop support for Python 3.5 one year > >> from now in 2021. > > > > I was considering proposing dropping it soon (I was thinking when we had > > 3.8 support, that 3.6/3.7/3.8 is a reasonable compatibility matrix). > > > I'm also inclined to say sooner rather than later; I don't know the > numbers but my impression is that 3.x uptake began for real at 3.4 and > in earnest at 3.6, so there aren't that many people still on 3.5.
A year ago (https://atleastfornow.net/posts/py2-py3-twisted-downloads/), those numbers said that 3.5 was 6.7% of users for the currently released version of Twisted, and 4.37% of all Twisted downloads that month. I could probably rerun them, but I think it's kind of obvious what the results would be. > > The lack of variable annotations, in particular, seems like a sticking > point with 3.5 as we attempt to adopt mypy. > > -g > > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > https://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com https://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
