Re: Removing Python 3.8 and 3.9 support

[Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost>]

> Hi!
> 
> I'd like to remove 38 and 39 from the default-acceptable list for
> Python modules.
> 
> The base python38 and python39 packages will remain in the pkgsrc
> tree, just, by default, no modules will be built for them.
> 
> The reason is that many upstreams have already dropped support for
> Python 3.8 and some important ones have started doing it for 3.9.
> 
> Also, I'm not aware of any bigger issues switching from 3.8 or 3.9 to
> 3.10 or newer.
> 
> Comments?
> Thomas

I would remove Python 3.8 completely. Its death is scheduled for October, but I don't see much use of keeping it. We've got 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13 is around the corner. I think that's enough pythons in our zoo.

Adam