[RFC] Python Version for DTS

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:42:51 -0500
Owen Hilyard <ohilyard at iol.unh.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> DTS has operated using the version of python available in the oldest
> supported Ubuntu LTS for a while now, but after some discussion in the
> working group, we decided that DTS should designate a Python version
> explicitly for the sake of compatibility. My initial proposal is Python
> 3.6, due to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS shipping with it by default. Currently, the
> Community CI Lab runs Python 3.8 on all testers (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), but for
> the sake of compatibility a lower python version might be desirable.
> 
> The working group is specifically looking for reasons to not use Python 3.6.
> 
> The Community CI Lab perspective is that versions higher than 3.8 are not
> acceptable due to the issues with changing the default Python installation
> on Ubuntu. This may be raised to 3.10 in June of this year after we have
> had time to evaluate the 22.04 release of Ubuntu.
> 
> Owen Hilyard

Python 3.6 reached end of life in 2021.

https://lwn.net/Articles/880859/