Python 3.5 and 3.6 removal (was Re: Bonfire of the Packages)

[Jon Turney]

On 24/09/2023 13:32, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> 
> Generally, we have a large number of old, unmaintained packages.
> 
> The policy [1] has always been "Packages without an active maintainer 
> may be pulled from the distribution.", but not actively enforced (in 
> fact prior to 2022, this used to say "are pulled", but I moderated the 
> statement, just to reflect reality).

I guess this needs to also mention upstream EOL status as a criteria.

[...]
> 
> Here's my personal list:
> 
> * python
> 
> After python27 (the last python2 version, which has been sun-setted 
> since 2020), both python36 and python37 should be removed (after 
> rebuilding any python-* package which don't currently provide 3.8, 3.9 
> versions)
  Marco,

I assume you are OK with the removal of python 3.5 (EOL Sept 2020) and 
3.6 (EOL Dec 2021)?

(I'm still dealing with cleaning up the final pieces of python27 
detritus, but these should hopefully be much smaller tasks)