[Twisted-Python] [RFC] Drop support for Python 3.5 sometime after May 2021?

[Glyph]

> On May 16, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Tom Most <twm at freecog.net> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 15, 2020, at 10:56 PM, Glyph wrote:
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>>> On May 15, 2020, at 8:40 PM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at crodrigues.org <mailto:rodrigc at crodrigues.org>> wrote:
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>>> Maybe it would be OK to do one more release of Twisted and announce that as the last release supporting Python 3.5, before
>>> dropping support?  
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>> Yeah; whenever we drop a Python version we should always support at least one more release, so that people have some notice before they lose access to the next set of security updates.
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>> Any 3.5 users on this list who would want to postpone it longer than this?
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>> -glyph

> I'm (unfortunately) still shipping some Twisted apps on Ubuntu 16.04's Python 3.5. However, I am fine with dropping Python 3.5 support. I think it's certainly worth it for variable annotations and contextvars.

Would your plan to be to just keep twisted pinned until you can EOL ubuntu? I don't want to be putting (non-trivial numbers of) users into the position of having to skip a bunch of updates.

-glyph

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