Re: what are we doing about old python, really?

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> writes:

> Consider a python package with no python dependencies.  Assume it can
> build with 310, 311, 312.  How should it be marked?  Options are:
>
>   1) PYTHON_VERSIONS_ACCEPTED= 310 311 312, because that's how it is.
>
>   2) PYTHON_VERSIONS_ACCEPTED= 311 312, because that's the set  of
>   respectable versions it works with.

3) PYTHON_VERSIONS_INCOMPATIBLE= 313

> If you don't vote for option 1 in the first two questions, and you think
> we should keep python310, please explain why and how people should use
> it.

I think a common answer is:

  people can use venv/pip with it, and install old stuff.

which leads to "we should not be building py-foo for it, except in very
rare circumstances".