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Re: python 3.7 removal proposal (before upstream EOL!!)

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Subject: Re: python 3.7 removal proposal (before upstream EOL!!)
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:43:52 +0100

Am Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 09:49:37PM +0100 schrieb Adam:
> I don't see how Python 3.7 helps with migration from 2.7. Python 3.8 is even better to do the job. Not to mention 3.9 and so on.

Funnily for the same reason you love to drop compat: because certain
libs don't work with 3.8, especially at the point where they support
both 2.7 and 3.x with identical APIs.

Joerg

References:
- python 3.7 removal proposal (before upstream EOL!!)
  - From: Greg Troxel
- Re: python 3.7 removal proposal (before upstream EOL!!)
  - From: Joerg Sonnenberger
- Re: python 3.7 removal proposal (before upstream EOL!!)
  - From: Adam

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