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

[Eduardo Habkost]

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

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> 
> 
> Reviewed-by: John Snow <address@hidden>

Thanks!

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Eduardo