Re: [PATCH] configure: Require Python >= 3.5

[John Snow]

On 10/18/19 5:14 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 05:07:36PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/16/19 6:42 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>>> Python 3.5 is the oldest Python version available on our
>>> supported build platforms, and Python 2 end of life will be 3
>>> weeks after the planned release date of QEMU 4.2.0.  Drop Python
>>> 2 support from configure completely, and require Python 3.5 or
>>> newer.
>>>
>>
>> Which distributions constrain us to 3.5 right now? I know Debian9 is one
>> of them, but I'm not sure what others exist.
>>
>> I know I went through and checked a month ago, but I'm very smart and
>> didn't write it down.
>>
>> It might be nice to document (somewhere) so we know when we can require
>> something newer than 3.5 at the next major deprecation event.
> 
> I've summarized the release dates and Python version information I
> could find here: https://wiki.qemu.org/Supported_Build_Platforms
> 

You are an ABSOLUTE CHAMPION. Thank you so much!