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Only support python versions that receive security updates #580

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@Mic92 Mic92 commented Sep 9, 2024

Even debian oldstable has python 3.9. For internet-facing libraries it
is not secure for contributor to install unsupported python versions using C-based xml parser in order to test them.
Reducing the number of python versions will make maintenance and testing easier.

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Mic92 commented Sep 9, 2024

This will than also allow us in a follow up pull request to get rid of six as well as adding typing hints to the API.

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@Mic92 Mic92 changed the title Python2.7 removal Only support python versions that receive security updates Sep 9, 2024
ruff check --target-version py38 --select UP --fix .
Even debian oldstable has python 3.9. For internet-facing libraries it
is not secure for contributor to install unsupported python versions in order to test them.
Reducing the number of python versions will make maintenance and testing easier.
is not secure to contributor to install unsupported python versions in order to test them.
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