Re: Proposed way forward Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] Python: Drop support for Python 3.6

[Thomas Huth]

On 17/02/2023 12.37, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
...
> The long life enterprise distros are the pain point in unlocking the
> new of python features. So the proposal is that, at a minimum, we
> augment the current policy with words to the effect that:
>
>    * For long life cycle distributions, QEMU will follow normal
>      policy for platform level dependancies / native code. For
>      Python modules, QEMU may choose to require a newer versions
>      than are available from the distribution package manager.

Sounds reasonable to me. But I think we still should also add a sentence 
where we limit the total amount of time that we promise to support a 
long-term distro. Otherwise we'll also get problems with other way too 
backlevel native code dependencies at one point in time.

I just sent a patch for discussion, shortly before I noticed your mail here. 
Feel free to grab the ideas from there into your patch (if you're planning 
to send one), or let me know if I should try to include the Python-related 
sentences in mine.

 Thomas