Re: [PATCH] python 3.5 compatibility

[Markus Armbruster]

"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net> writes:

> On 27.11.20 20:15, Peter Maydell wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Could you say which "stable distros" you have in mind, and whether
>> they are covered by our "supported build platforms" policy
>> https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/build-platforms.html  ?
>
> I'm running on Devuan Ascii.

Which has oldstable status.  Good for running the old and stable
software packaged by it (such as QEMU 2.8), and old (and hopefully
stable) software of similar vintage.

Devian ASCII appears to be a derivative of Debian 9 Stretch, which we no
longer support, because it's EOL.  docs/system/build-platforms.rst:

    For distributions with long-lifetime releases, the project will aim to
    support the most recent major version at all times. Support for the
    previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major
    version is released, or when it reaches "end of life". For the purposes
    of identifying supported software versions, the project will look at
    RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu LTS, and SLES distros. Other long-lifetime distros
    will be assumed to ship similar software versions.

This policy balances cost and benefit of keeping bleeding-edge QEMU work
on a wide variety of hosts.  Years of balancing.

> And packaging python-3.6 just for a few pieces of one application (qemu)
> is far too much work.

Have you considered upgrading to stable?