Marcelo-Theodoro
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5 years ago @seocam Anything to say here?
Closed Marcelo-Theodoro closed 5 years ago
Marcelo-Theodoro
commented
5 years ago @seocam Anything to say here?
hugovk
commented
5 years ago Drop 3.0 to 3.4.
Once EOL, they no longer receiving security updates (or any updates) from the core Python team.
| Version | Release date | Supported until |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2006-09-19 | 2011-05-26 |
| 2.6 | 2008-10-01 | 2013-10-29 |
| 3.0 | 2008-12-03 | 2009-06-27 |
| 3.1 | 2009-06-27 | 2012-04-09 |
| 3.2 | 2011-02-20 | 2016-02-27 |
| 3.3 | 2012-09-29 | 2017-09-29 |
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPython#Version_history
They're also little used.
Here's the pip installs for restless from PyPI for December 2018:
| category | percent | downloads |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 63.33% | 1,900 |
| 3.6 | 25.23% | 757 |
| 3.7 | 9.30% | 279 |
| 3.5 | 1.17% | 35 |
| null | 0.83% | 25 |
| 3.4 | 0.13% | 4 |
| Total | 3,000 |
Source: pypistats python_minor --last-month restless
seocam
commented
5 years ago I'm ok with dropping support from 3.0 to 3.4 (included). @toastdriven anything to add here?
toastdriven
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5 years ago Nope, it was simply state-of-the-art at the time. Drop it!
hugovk
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5 years ago Please see PR https://github.com/toastdriven/restless/pull/116.
What are your opinions about dropping support for Python < 3.4?
Python 2.7 is reaching end-of-life soon. And Python 3.0 to 3.3 are not supported anymore.
Maybe we could give an step foward and drop support for 3.4 too, because it's end of life will be in two months.
This will help us to support new versions of some frameworks while keeping the code clear.