Re: Python 3.10 in bookworm
Hi Julian (2023.02.05_10:38:23_+0000)
> Why is the current intention not to ship the python3.10 package in
> bookworm?
Because we aim to have a single Python release supported in every stable
release.
> I was trying to run some experiments in a virtual environment a few
> days ago, and it turns out that several of the Python packages I
> needed do not yet run on Python 3.11. I was saved by being able to
> run in a Python 3.10 venv and download all the required packages from
> PyPI. If bookworm shipped without python3.10, I would not have been
> able to do my work. Removing python3.10 from bookworm will seriously
> affect many of our users in a similar situation to me.
By the time bookworm releases, that probably won't be the case any more.
But anything that gets removed from Debian, because it isn't ready yet
obviously gets hurt in the process...
SR
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