-1. The release notes mention: Support for Python 3.10 was removed following its end-of-life ([#40250](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/40250)). But we haven't moved the upper bound in: https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/a30e2a9d5bcbef917775cac862e29a49a5b5e384/sdks/python/setup.py#L356
This means, apache-beam==2.78.0 may be installable from sources into Python 3.10 environments, even if we don't publish wheels or containers, and might break users who don't pin the version of Beam. We should cherrypick a one-line change that uppes this bound. On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM Vitaly Terentyev via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > Please review and vote on the release candidate #1 for the version 2.78.0, > as follows: > [ ] +1, Approve the release > [ ] -1, Do not approve the release (please provide specific comments) > > > Reviewers are encouraged to test their own use cases with the release > candidate, and vote +1 if > no issues are found. Only PMC member votes will count towards the final > vote, but votes from all > community members are encouraged and helpful for finding regressions; you > can either test your own > use cases [13] or use cases from the validation sheet [10]. > > The complete staging area is available for your review, which includes: > * GitHub Release notes [1], > * the official Apache source release to be deployed to dist.apache.org > [2], > which is signed with the key with fingerprint D20316F712213422 as automated > [3], > * all artifacts to be deployed to the Maven Central Repository [4], > * source code tag "v2.78.0-RC1" [5], > * website pull request listing the release [6], the blog post [6], and > publishing the API reference manual [7]. > * Python artifacts are deployed along with the source release to > dist.apache.org [2] and PyPI[8]. > * Go artifacts and documentation are available at pkg.go.dev [9] > * Validation sheet with a tab for 2.78.0 release to help with validation > [10]. > * Docker images published to Docker Hub [11]. > * PR to run tests against release branch [12]. > * Github Release pre-release page for v2.78.0-RC1 [13]. > * pull request to apache/beam updating the managed-io docs[15] > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. It is adopted by majority > approval, with at least 3 PMC affirmative votes. > > For guidelines on how to try the release in your projects, check out our RC > testing guide [14]. > > Thanks, > Release Manager > > [1] https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/46 > [2] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/beam/2.78.0/ > [3] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/beam/KEYS > [4] https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebeam-1441/ > [5] https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/v2.78.0-RC1 > [6] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/40946 > [7] https://github.com/apache/beam-site/pull/710 > [8] https://pypi.org/project/apache-beam/2.78.0rc1/ > [9] > https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/[email protected]/go/pkg/beam > [10] > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qk-N5vjXvbcEk68GjbkSZTR8AGqyNUM-oLFo_ZXBpJw/edit?gid=760073959#gid=760073959 > [11] https://hub.docker.com/search?q=apache%2Fbeam&type=image > [12] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/40875 > [13] https://github.com/apache/beam/releases/tag/v2.78.0-RC1 > [14] > https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/contributor-docs/rc-testing-guide.md > [15] TBD for next RC > >
