Re: Removing Python 3.8 and 3.9 support

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 02:00:12PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> 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.

I've removed 38 and 39 from the default acceptable set for Python.

I suggest we remove python38 in October, when it's officially EOL, and
clean up the version checks for < 309 then.
 Thomas