PSA: Python 3.9 will reach End-of-Life in October 2025

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Hi folks, quick post before I forget again about this.

Python 3.9 End-of-Life support is due on next October.

For anyone that may still have a depedency on that Python interpreter: why? :stuck_out_tongue:
Seriously, 3.10 has been our default since almost 2 years ago (and it has working REPL on Haiku), update now!

The (my) plan here is:

  • to continue dropping _python39 packages while doing other clean-ups, or recipes-update work (as nothing currently on HaikuDepot depends on Python 3.9).
  • to update the python3.9 recipe (possibly disabled?) one last time (assuming a version gets released in October), for completeness’ sake, and finally drop it some sort time after that.

So far no one has complained about “missing _python39 stuff”, so I guess we’re on good track, but in any case… felt this little Public Service Announcement was a bit overdue.

Have a great day!

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