From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com (mailomta1-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.7]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F3DF3858D33 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:07:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 0F3DF3858D33 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 0F3DF3858D33 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=213.120.69.7 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1711289245; cv=none; b=UNokbzEcd24GkKK7vYXzLpxYm8GU0oRTBMWE8jgfcH4KJCrcLPV8nNvloV0Cqfm8fHrzg3c6FsOVcs6vHfVIesF8J6qGrC0QaiFDMilLcj3MvqV0K0bFWUax0cUgCfvjkpKJokU3ceJyXwvQED0AWX8KIZjU9z21iwGlEfnmrlU= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1711289245; c=relaxed/simple; bh=nH4Toss8EmXuuxZs3pz+//ztRkDkzknj3C/JcQz7dZw=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:From; b=FlrvYnaMYz30wQIj7x3R4fzuO+xJVI6k6+cg1/DHe8NPQTuhrzTJm5og3B29kZ+ZPHuj/Op6buBIzo0FSdgnUCJymYh8t6RqiHk/9LF5a3aWAOmeD5t+PHFB3mKI6P1MeJPm3VVyb6lWevv/KyjRk7PDNdW2t4oNA7fOGtZUCIQ= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: from sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.4]) by sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20240324140723.HYYU7232.sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net>; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:07:23 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 656684A00E51012A X-Originating-IP: [81.129.146.224] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.129.146.224 X-OWM-Env-Sender: jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledruddtjedgieduucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmdenmhhishhsihhnghcuvffquchfihgvlhguucdlfedtmdenucfjughrpefkffggfgfufhfhvegjtgfgsehtjeertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedvtdfgudduueehveffvdejgfeileeugfeivedvgfehueelffffgeejudduhfegtdenucfkphepkedurdduvdelrddugeeirddvvdegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdelngdpihhnvghtpeekuddruddvledrudegiedrvddvgedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedvpdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnqdgrphhpshestgihghifihhnrdgtohhmpdhrtghpthhtohepmhgrrhgtohdrrghtiigvrhhisehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhmpdhrvghvkffrpehhohhsthekuddquddvledqudegiedqvddvgedrrhgrnhhgvgekuddquddvledrsghttggvnhhtrhgrlhhplhhushdrtghomhdprghuthhhpghu shgvrhepjhhonhhtuhhrnhgvhiessghtihhnthgvrhhnvghtrdgtohhmpdhgvghokffrpefiuedpoffvtefjohhsthepshgrqdhprhguqdhrghhouhhtqddttddu X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.109] (81.129.146.224) by sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 656684A00E51012A; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:07:22 +0000 Message-ID: <68ee2d81-7716-4603-a889-3076e466ef5d@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:07:22 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Python 3.5 and 3.6 removal (was Re: Bonfire of the Packages) References: <30524a03-4924-4aa0-9ebf-e5a0808226c2@dronecode.org.uk> From: Jon Turney Content-Language: en-US Cc: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com, Marco Atzeri In-Reply-To: <30524a03-4924-4aa0-9ebf-e5a0808226c2@dronecode.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,MISSING_HEADERS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 24/09/2023 13:32, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > Generally, we have a large number of old, unmaintained packages. > > The policy [1] has always been "Packages without an active maintainer > may be pulled from the distribution.", but not actively enforced (in > fact prior to 2022, this used to say "are pulled", but I moderated the > statement, just to reflect reality). I guess this needs to also mention upstream EOL status as a criteria. [...] > > Here's my personal list: > > * python > > After python27 (the last python2 version, which has been sun-setted > since 2020), both python36 and python37 should be removed (after > rebuilding any python-* package which don't currently provide 3.8, 3.9 > versions) Marco, I assume you are OK with the removal of python 3.5 (EOL Sept 2020) and 3.6 (EOL Dec 2021)? (I'm still dealing with cleaning up the final pieces of python27 detritus, but these should hopefully be much smaller tasks)