On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: > CPython still has compatibility code for Linux 2.6, whereas the > support of Linux 2.6.x ended in August 2011, longer than 6 years ago. > Should we also drop support for old Linux kernels? If yes, which ones? > The Linux kernel has LTS version, the oldest is Linux 3.2 (support > will end in May, 2018). > > Linux kernel support: > > https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
RHEL 5 uses 2.6.28, and still has "extended life cycle support" until 2020, but I guess no-one should be running Python 3.7 on that. CentOS 6 and RHEL 6 use 2.6.32, and their EOL is also 2020 (or 2024 for RHEL 6 with extended life cycle support). Redhat does ship and support 3.6 on CentOS/RHEL 6 through their "software collections" product, and presumably is planning to do the same for 3.7. It is a little surprising to see a Redhat employee suggest dropping support for RHEL 6. Hopefully you know what you're doing :-) -n -- Nathaniel J. Smith -- https://vorpus.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
