Re: [xml2rfc] When do we drop support for Python3.6?

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 24 May 2022 02:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] When do we drop support for Python3.6?
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It appears that Robert Sparks  <rjsparks@nostrum.com> said:
>All -
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>We are looking into dropping support for Python3.6 in xml2rfc soon. 
>Would this be a significant inconvenience for anyone?

Since 3.6 got its final security update in December, I think we'd be doing
people a favor by nudging them to upgrade to something newer.