Re: bug#71470: test failure on CentOS 7

[Bruno Haible]

[Ccing bug-gnulib]
Collin Funk wrote:
> > CentOS 7 will be supported until 2028.
> > I've updated Gnulib's end-of-life.txt:
> 
> I remember we based our Python 3.7 dependency on CentOS almost being
> almost end of life [1]. Does this change anything there? Or will
> installing some python-3.7 package and using an alias/other method
> suffice?
> 
> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-03/msg00004.html

Good point.

I don't think it changes anything. gnulib-tool is used by developers.
The extended support provided by SUSE is obviously targeted at large
organizations which are slow to migrate (either Linux servers, or Linux
desktops for office users). Development machines are not in this group.

Bruno