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Re: pkgsrc python default version -> 3.7



On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 04:43:24PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 24/04/2019 23:31, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> > The default Python version in pkgsrc is now 3.7, in preparation for
> > the coming end of life date of Python 2.7 (the previous default) at
> > the end of this year.
> 
> Can we punt 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 then?
> 3.4 fails at least to build on netbsd-current due to an openssl conflict by
> the looks of it.
> 
> Roy

Adam already mentioned wanting to get rid of 3.4. I think that's
reasonable.

I think we should leave 3.6. I've heard at least one person mentioning
they don't want to rush to 3.7 (on a HPC setup supporting many users
that run their own python scripts).


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