Re: Drop support for Python 3.4 ?

Hi Hackers

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 10:33 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Hackers,
>
> Most of the new python packages have started to drop support for Python
> 3.4. It is not going to have any new release per -
> https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3410/#:~:text=10%20was%20released%20on%20March,new%20releases%20will%20be%20made
> .
> If we continue supporting 3.4 then we're stuck with current versions of
> packages. Most importantly, we will miss the security fixes in the
> latest versions of the packages.
>
> I suggest, pgAdmin should drop support for 3.4 and support only python 3.5
> and above.
>

End of life dates for Python versions, so eventually Python 3.5 also
reached EOL

- Python 3.4: reached End Of Life
- Python 3.5: security fixes only, no bug fixes will be provided; End Of
Life: *2020-09-13*
- Python 3.6: security fixes only, no bug fixes will be provided; End Of
Life: *2021-12-23*
- Python 3.7: security fixes *AND* bug fixes will be provided; End Of
Life: *2023-06-27*
- Python 3.8: security fixes *AND* bug fixes will be provided; End Of
Life: *2024-10*

>
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> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
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