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

[Brian Inglis]

On 2024-03-24 11:46, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 24/03/2024 17:31, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 24/03/2024 15:07, Jon Turney wrote:
>>> On 24/09/2023 13:32, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>
>> nothing should depend from 3.5
>> not sure for 3.6
> 
> I've automated some of the analysis I was doing for python2 packages and the 
> results are now available at [1].
> 
> So yeah, it looks like nothing uses 3.5.
> 
> There are just a couple of packages using 3.6, I guess I'll ping the maintainers 
> about those.
> 
> [1] https://cygwin.com/packages/reports/python_rebuilds.html

Not sure why my source package nghttp2 shows python install packages, when they 
were dropped after 1.43 IIRC: build deps no longer include python/-devel?

And why does that nghttp2 source package show a dozen archived source versions, 
when its installed packages have only three?

Feel free to purge as appropriate, or tell me what to add to cygport, hints, etc!

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry