hugovk, 4 months ago

@arraybolt3 What #Python version ranges do you need to support?

That 3.12 comment should read 3.2:

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.2.html#configparser

So if you don't need to support Python 3.0 (EOL 2009) and 3.1 (EOL 2012), you can remove that middle bit.

And if you don't need to support Python 2 (EOL 4 years ago), you can drop the top bit too.

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

paarth, 4 months ago

@hugovk @arraybolt3 oh lord, yeah, please don't write code that supports python3.2. Don't encourage those people 😅

hugovk, 4 months ago

@paarth @arraybolt3 We can support 3.2-3.13 with just one import, it's 3.1 and older that need extra handling!

paarth, 4 months ago

@hugovk @arraybolt3 aha yep that's what I meant!
(that said, I'd not even bother supporting anything <3.8 personally)

fohrloop, 4 months ago

@paarth @hugovk @arraybolt3 still surprisingly many use python 3.7 or even 3.6. At least if you trust the numpy download statistics, which shows that 3.7 is still the most popular one

#python #pypistats

hugovk, 4 months ago

@fohrloop @paarth @arraybolt3 For some reason, a lot of those 3.7 downloads come from Amazon Linux:

https://dev.to/hugovk/why-are-there-still-so-many-downloads-for-eol-python-37-30cp
#python #pypistats