Hi Michael, Thanks for pointing out the Python versions. I'm fine with the suggestion of supporting 3.4 up to 3.7. I would also consider supporting from 3.5 onwards. Right now I've done some tests against 3.4 and that seems to run fine. I'm fine with adding the classifiers.
Cheers, Fokko Op wo 31 okt. 2018 om 15:39 schreef Michael A. Smith <kojirom...@gmail.com>: > In comments to https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/347 it was suggested > that we hold a vote to discuss which versions of Python 3 we consider > officially supported. I assume we follow the Apache Voting Process for code > modifications > <https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#votes-on-code-modification > >: > > Scott Belden used the pypi API to get the following data: > > [{"python_version":"3.5","download_count":"30258"}, > {"python_version":"3.6","download_count":"26228"}, > {"python_version":"3.4","download_count":"9140"}, > {"python_version":"3.7","download_count":"2502"}, > {"python_version":null,"download_count":"793"}, > {"python_version":"2.7","download_count":"173"}, > {"python_version":"2.6","download_count":"3"}] > > It seems clear that there's still a fair 3.4 user base out there, although > it's shrinking. So... > > - For the package at https://github.com/apache/avro/tree/master/lang/py3 > - For Avro versions < 2.0, at least > - As long as PYPI is counting python 3.4 downloads at > 1000/month > > I move that we consider Python 3.4 and up to the latest release of Python 3 > (currently 3.7) officially supported. If I don't hear any objections by > Saturday, I'll set the trove classifiers to specify those versions in > https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/347. > > -Michael A. Smith (kojiro/kojiromike) > > PS: please kindly let me know if I'm not following some proper procedure. >
