Keep Py3.9 support
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I'd like to discuss the removal of support for Python 3.9.
I am aware that it's officially EOL now, that it's always possible to use older setuptools versions, and that maintaining support for EOL software can become tedious. That said, in the Cython project, we decided to keep 3.9 as our longer-term base version to support because it will continue to be used in RHEL-9 and Amazon Linux 2023 for years to come. Here's our breakdown of supported Python versions at the time:
https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/7271
IMHO, for a build tool like setuptools, maintaining support for the widest possible range of platforms is generally desirable to cater for user needs. Python 3.9 doesn't look like it's going away any time soon, and keeping the support in the build tools would greatly ease the work on user side.
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- python
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- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100