Drop python 3.8 #1349
Drop python 3.8 #1349
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Security support has ended in October.
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Is there any other reason than ending security support?
As I mentionned in #1063 some people don't have the choice to use a newer Python.
E.g. SuSE Linux Enterprise 15 uses 3.6 in it's base install. There are official package for 3.12 though, but sometimes, you don't have the choice.
Otherwise, Debian oldstable is using 3.9. Oldoldstable is using 3.7, but it's very old, some maybe dropping 3.8 is reasonable though.
Some packages started dropping support for python 3.8 (see the failing dependabot PRs), making us unable to upgrade their version, which might cause some security problems at some point (maybe). Unless there is a specific person not able to install ihm on one specific system, I believe it's reasonable to drop python 3.8. |
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Leaving some time for @zorun to weight in. Will merge next week unless somebody objects :-) |
Security support has ended in October.