Re: cross-platform backup tool First beta v2.1.2b1 release towards v2.2.0

Hi,

On 07/09/2022 18:37, Robert Nichols wrote:
> On 9/7/22 11:11 AM, EricZolf wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> This is a beta release so that many people can test before this 
>> becomes the next stable release. All changes are documented in the 
>> changelog 
>> <https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/v2.1.2b1/CHANGELOG.adoc#new-in-v2-1-2b1>. Check especially the changes (marked with /CHG/) which might impact your workflow. Since the last alpha:
>>
>>    * support for Python 3.6 has been dropped,
> 
> Dropping Python 3.6 means that it will no longer work in RHEL 8.
> That's very bad news.

Few answers to this:

1. I know and I'm sorry but...
2. It doesn't mean that it doesn't work and I'm happy to make it work, 
but by policy I don't want to support "officially" a version of Python 
which isn't supported anymore (Python 3.6 _in RHEL 8_ is supported).
3. I actually planned to drop later 3.6 to make sure that I don't 
introduce any incompatibility during the beta phase. This said, if I do, 
don't hesitate to plug a bug and I'll fix it.
4. Python 3.10 was due to be supported for a long time and supporting 
more than 4 versions of Python means longer time to test, etc...

Hope this is OK, but we can discuss,
Eric

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