Re: lang/python37 removal proposal from 29 June (last call)

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 11:36:32AM +0200, Adam Ciarciński wrote:
>> Python 3.7 has reached its end-of-life. I would like to remove it as
>> soon as possible. Pkgsrc doesn't really support Python 3.7 for some
>> time now, and more and more Python modules are dropping 3.7 support,
>> so I think it's time to get rid of it. Objections?
>
> As for how other distributions are doing, I browsed
>
> https://repology.org/project/python/versions
>
> for some I know by name:
>
> No Python 3.7:
>
> Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Arch, Nix, OpenSUSE (but they still have
> 3.6!), Ubuntu, Debian
>
> Yes Python 3.7:
>
> Fedora, Homebrew

Should I read that as:

  I think we should remove 3.7.

or

  I think we should defer.

?


From my point of view, removing it from default has addressed the
maintenance pain of constant pbulk-scan breakage, which makes me not in
a hurry.  But it also feels like removal is a cleanup that should happen
at some point, and would enable purging some 37 from INCOMPATIBLE etc.

As far as I can read the mail, nobody has said that they want it to
remain.

I'd like to both hear from wiz@ (I should have asked for clarification
sooner) and wait 72h.  I've set a reminder for Thursday.