Re: [Gramps-devel] Reconsider choice of Python 3.10 for Gramps 6.1

[Thierry V. <thi...@gm...>]

Le jeu. 3 juil. 2025 à 07:05, Thierry Vignaud <thi...@gm...> a
écrit :

> Le mer. 2 juil. 2025 à 22:44, H Gohel (@codefarmer - Gramps) via
> Gramps-devel <gra...@li...> a écrit :
>
>> Hi Nick, devs:
>>
>> The Roadmap for Gramps 6.1 [1] lists an upgrade to Python 3.10.
>>
>> "Dependency upgrades
>>     Python 3.10 (3.9 will reach end of life status in 2025-10.) (Python
>> EOL
>> supported-versions )"
>>
>> It's great that Python is being upgraded, but Python 3.10 will reach EOL
>> in
>> 2026-10 [2], which is prior to the release of Gramps 6.1! My concern is
>> that
>> Gramps will stay on that version of Python for a long time, lagging even
>> further.
>>
>> I'm sure considerations have gone into the decision to choose Python 3.10,
>> including all the supported platforms, but I could not find the rationale
>> on
>> the Roadmap page. In fact, Python versions up to and including 3.12 are
>> already in security fix only mode, with only source code distribution.
>> Since
>> we still have a lot of time, could we consider another candidate? Python
>> 3.13 is still receiving bug fixes and has EOL out in 2029-10.
>>
>> [1] https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/6.1_Roadmap
>> [2] https://devguide.python.org/versions/#supported-versions
>>
>
> I would say it's just a clarification as it's not the same as switching
> from py2 to py3
>

It has already been cleaned ("nothing has been agreed")
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