[bug#68416] [PATCH] python: add 3.20 - 3.16 to the version search list

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:13 AM Karl Berry <[email protected]> wrote:

>     With Python 3.12 out now, and 3.13 out in ~9 months, the existing
> runway
>     is running out.  Bump up to 3.20 for the next Automake release.
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> Applied, thanks.
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> Not proposing to try anything for our upcoming release, but I wonder if
> there is some more general way to handle Python versions? We don't have
> to laboriously list every possible version for anything else.
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That may not be the most clever way to do it, but you can probably build
the list dynamically at least, with something like (untested):

pythons="python python2 python3"
for i in {20..0};do pythons="$pythons python3.$i";done
for i in {7..0};do pythons="$pythons python2.$i";done

m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [$pythons])


> As things are, I'm tempted to include 4.20-4.1 too, because their next
> major incompatibility will probably come sooner rather than later ...
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> wdyt? --thanks, karl.
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