+1 On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 04:28 Pedro Larroy <pedro.larroy.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems 3.6 is a reasonable choice. > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 2:15 PM Marco de Abreu <marco.g.ab...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Looking at EOL is certainly a good idea! I think once we get closer to > > deprecation, we can check adoption statistics to make a well-informed > > decision that gives us the most advantages without dropping the ball on a > > majority of users (or supporting a branch that is going EOL soon). A > survey > > from 2018 [1] determined the following distribution: > > 3.5: 11% > > 3.6: 54% > > 3.7: 30% > > > > Deprecation for 3.5 is scheduled for 2020-09-13 [2]. Deprecation for 3.6 > is > > scheduled for 2021-12-23 [2].Deprecation for 3.7 is scheduled > > for 2023-06-27 [2]. > > > > Following the trend, I'd say that it would be a decision between Python > 3.6 > > and 3.7. Later on, I'd propose to check recent surveys and also have a > > separate thread to determine if there's anything we're missing (e.g. a > big > > company being unable to use Python 3.7). What do you think? > > > > Best regards, > > Marco > > > > [1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/research/python-developers-survey-2018/ > > [2]: https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:42 PM Yuan Tang <terrytangy...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I would suggest supporting Python 3.5+ since the earlier versions have > > > reached end-of-life status: > > > https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 3:36 PM Pedro Larroy < > pedro.larroy.li...@gmail.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > This would simplify CI, reduce costs and more. I think a followup > > > > question is what would be the mininum Python3 version supported? > > > > Depending on that we might be able to use type annotations for > example > > > > or other features. > > > > > > > > Pedro. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 12:07 PM Yuan Tang <terrytangy...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 2:51 PM Yuxi Hu <darreny...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:31 AM Tong He <hetong...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tong He > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jake Lee <gstu1...@gmail.com> 于2019年7月18日周四 上午11:29写道： > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:27 AM Junru Shao < > > > > junrushao1...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:12 AM Anirudh Acharya < > > > > > > > anirudhk...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:03 AM Marco de Abreu < > > > > > > > > marco.g.ab...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Marco > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> schrieb am Do., 18. > Juli > > > > 2019, > > > > > > > > 19:59: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear MXNet community, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to reopen the discussion on deprecating > python2 > > > > > > support. > > > > > > > > > This > > > > > > > > > > > > would help modernize the design and engineering > practice > > > in > > > > > > MXNet > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > help > > > > > > > > > > > > improve speed and quality. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For this purpose, I reopened the issue on this here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/8703 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If the consensus is towards the direction of dropping > > > > python2 > > > > > > > > > support, > > > > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > > > > > suggest we announce our plan to drop python2 support > in > > > the > > > > > > next > > > > > > > > > > release, > > > > > > > > > > > > and actually drop the support in the next major > version. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -sz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Yuxi(Darren) Hu, Ph.D. > > > > > > Software Development Engineer > > > > > > Amazon Web Services > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
