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Subject: Re: Python 3.10 in bookworm
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:00:02 +0100
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Hi Julian,

Am 05.02.23 um 11:38 schrieb Julian Gilbey:
> Why is the current intention not to ship the python3.10 package in
> bookworm?

Because it would amount to about double the work for all those involved.

Besides, Python 3.11 has some points for it:
- Real performance gains for real workloads
- It will be supported one year longer (so EOL is expected to be around the time bookworm will be out of stable, too).  
> I was trying to run some experiments in a virtual environment a few
> days ago, and it turns out that several of the Python packages I
> needed do not yet run on Python 3.11.  I was saved by being able to
> run in a Python 3.10 venv and download all the required packages from
> PyPI.  If bookworm shipped without python3.10, I would not have been
> able to do my work.  Removing python3.10 from bookworm will seriously
> affect many of our users in a similar situation to me.
...
> P.S. We should also fix #1036268 if we do keep python3.10 in bookworm;
> I'm happy to do an NMU if needed.

Maybe you could sponsor a "backport" of Python3.11?

My 2 cents
Michael