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

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 02:46:53PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 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.

Oh sure, having something time related mention makes sense.

> 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.

I wasn't planning to imminently send a change. Especially now that
both yourself an Paolo have proposed similar competing additions,
lets just iterate on one of those 2 proposals.

With regards,
Daniel
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