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Re: Python 3.10 in bookworm

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From Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>
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Subject Re: Python 3.10 in bookworm
Date Sun, 05 Feb 2023 20:40:01 +0100
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On February 5, 2023 5:22:33 PM UTC, Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net> wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:41:08PM +0000, Stefano Rivera wrote:
>> Hi Julian (2023.02.05_10:38:23_+0000)
>> 
>> > Why is the current intention not to ship the python3.10 package in
>> > bookworm?
>> 
>> Because we aim to have a single Python release supported in every stable
>> release.
>
>I am not suggesting that we revert to having Python 3.10 as a
>"supported version" (that would be a whole separate discussion); I am
>suggesting that we keep just the Python 3.10 interpreter and
>python3.10-venv in bookworm, so that users can use it to run a virtual
>environment if they need to do so.

That would narrow the impact, but it's not free either.  The interpreter packages often need post-release support from the maintainer and the security team.   Someone would also have to triage all the bug reports associated with Debian user expectations for a Python version in Debian not being met.

Scott K

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Re: Python 3.10 in bookworm Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2023-02-05 20:40 +0100

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