Which Python version for new tool code?

[Joel Sherrill]

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 8:21 AM Sebastian Huber <
sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:

> On 02/08/2019 15:14, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:10 AM Sebastian Huber
> > <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
> > <mailto:sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello,
> >
> >     the EOL of Python 2.7 is soon, so it will be Python 3 for sure:
> >
> >     https://pythonclock.org/
> >
> >     The EOL of Python 3.4 was March 18, 2019:
> >
> >     https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3410/
> >
> >     Is it all right to start with Python 3.5?
> >
> >
> > Sadly, not if we intend to support RHEL 7 until it hits EOL.
> >
> > https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
> >
> > That's still the standard Linux in all the big organizations in the US.
> >
> > $ python --version
> > Python 2.7.5
>
> Which Python 3 do they ship?
>

As best I can tell, no official repository includes Python 3. There are
un-official addon repos
with Python 3.

The users who are using RHEL 7 are unlikely to allow those repos to be used.

--joel



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