[OE-core] OE-Core python minimum version requirement

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed Dec 4 23:02:37 UTC 2019


On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 05:45:03PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:

> I just enabled hashequiv's server in local mode by default in poky.
> 
> This causes an unintended side effect of requiring python 3.5 as the
> minimum version.
> 
> We had thought that the servers would be 'rare' and a 3.5 version
> requirement for that was fine. It turns out a local server is also
> extremely useful.
> 
> The code needed the python 3.5 async support and trying to write it any
> other way is a nightmare, we need that performance for the server.
> 
> At this point I think we just give in and require python 3.5 as a
> minimum. Any objections?

In having to pick a minimum Python 3 for U-Boot, it was noted that
Debian/Stretch is 3.4 and gets end of long term support in 2022.  3.5
was otherwise fine I believe in the end.

-- 
Tom
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