Re: future Python evolution

[Bruno Haible]

Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> The shell seems have to been more safe in that regard.

But the concepts of the shell are stuck in the 40-years-ago past.
That's why it is not recommendable as a programming language for real
programs [1].

> I'd guess most hosts have python installed nowadays ... the question is
> rather which version of it, and how compatible it is:
> now it's <3.7 which is incompatible (according to your mail),
> but in future there might come more incompatibilities with newer versions.

Good point. Yes, Python occasionally (rarely?) makes incompatible changes.
So, I've now created a continuous integration at [2]. If a Python release
is made that breaks gnulib-tool, this CI will notify me shortly afterwards,
and we will have time to adapt gnulib-tool, even before the new Python
release lands in the various distros.

Bruno

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-03/msg00160.html
[2] https://gitlab.com/gnulib/gnulib-tool-ci