> On 3 Mar 2021, at 22:55, Sam James <s...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > We still have ~31 packages still not declaring support for newer Python 3 > targets than Python 3.7, > we have ~1085 packages still not declaring support for newer Python 3 targets > than Python 3.8 (i.e. > Python 3.9).
Thanks to everyone who ported in response! > Please review this list to see if your packages are stuck on Python 3.7: > http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/gpyutils/37-to-38.txt We’re now on ~27. > > Please review this list to see if your packages are stuck on Python 3.8: > http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/gpyutils/38-to-39.txt We’re now on ~1012. > > This list contains maintainer names, so it’s easy to tell if you need to act. > > The default Python target in profiles was switched from Python 3.7 to Python > 3.8 > at the beginning of December. A news item still needs to be created [0]. > > Your package not supporting the latest targets makes it harder for other > packages > to do so. In particular, packages not supporting even the default target (now > Python 3.8) > means that users have a difficult time installing it. > > Previous warnings have been sent about this including in November [1]. mgorny > sent > this [2] RFC regarding an impeding switch of the default to Python 3.9 too. > > TL;DR: > * Please port your packages to Python 3.8 (already default) and Python 3.9 > ASAP. > * Packages supporting Python 3 but not newer versions may be last-rited. > > [0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/771165 > [1] > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/f1e452d0a54d5347d9f867478b2604c4 > [2] > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/ba2fc4854ed6bb49813819ae6f5e9552
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