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anthrotype opened this issue Jun 29, 2021 · 5 comments · Fixed by #2417
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when do we drop support for python 3.6? #2350

anthrotype opened this issue Jun 29, 2021 · 5 comments · Fixed by #2417

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python 3.6 (released 5 years ago) officially reaches end of life at the end of this year, python 3.10 is in beta (stable is due around october).

It would be nice to be able to depend on python3.7+ only features like dataclasses, customization of module attributes, better typing, dict always ordered, etc.

I propose we drop python 3.6 by the time 3.10 reaches stable (sometime in autumn), if not even earlier.

Is anybody still using python 3.6 who would prefer to extend this further?
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behdad commented Jun 30, 2021

customization of module attributes

Ooh. Let's make import fontTools.ttLib.tables.glyf, etc work then!

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behdad commented Jun 30, 2021

Ooh. Let's make import fontTools.ttLib.tables.glyf, etc work then!

Or even from fontTools.ttLib.tables import GlyfTable. That would be a bit trickier.

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Is anybody still using python 3.6 who would prefer to extend this further?

having not heard any objections, I will assume nobody is still interested in extending support for Python 3.6 so I propose we make the next release the last one that supports 3.6 and require 3.7 from the one following.

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Just a reminder to update the README when the change happens.

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QuLogic commented Sep 2, 2021

I suggest following NEP 29 for dependency bumps.

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anthrotype added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 27, 2021
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drop Python 3.6, require >= 3.7
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3.10 is out next week, while 3.6 reaches end of life by the end of this year.
It's time to require 3.7 or greater, so we can finally use built-in dataclasses and more.

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drop Python 3.6, require >= 3.7 fonttools/fonttools
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