Re: Where are we on changing python from 37 to 38?

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 11:18:04AM +0100, Benny Siegert wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:06 PM Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
> > I am unclear on how the python world views this.   Home Assistant is
> > going to stop working on 37 in December, which is maybe a clue, but
> > maybe not.
> >
> > Is 37 starting to be crufty?  Is 38 starting to be a better choice?
> 
> I am questioning the premise. Why are we not going to 3.9 directly?
> 
> One of the goals of Python 3 has been that changing minor versions
> should be relatively painless compared to, say, 2.5 to 2.6.

HAHAHAHAHA That's a good one. Sorry, but my impression of the 3.x series
so far is no better than 2.x was before they decided to mess everything
up.

Joerg