[Avocado-devel] Heads-up: dropping Python 2.6 support

[Cleber Rosa]

On 02/07/2017 06:46 AM, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote:
> I'm not sure putting a file with references to a relatively independent
> plugin in the main avocado repo the correct thing to do. It's probably
> better to put a file with that summary in the avocado-vt repository instead.
> 

I think Andrei meant info about the 36lts branch (and 36.x release
series), and not specifically about Avocado-VT.

> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 12:19 PM Andrei Stepanov <astepano at redhat.com
> <mailto:astepano at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     How do you see an idea to create a file
>     in https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado with information
>     from https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html 
>     ?
> 

Mentioning the LTS branches (currently 36lts and their related releases)
in indeed a good idea IMHO.  Just a few lines, with a pointer to the
proper (longer) explanation would suffice.

- Cleber.

>     On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Cleber Rosa <crosa at redhat.com
>     <mailto:crosa at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         On 02/06/2017 08:34 AM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
>         > Hello to all Avocado users and developers,
>         >
>         > This is a heads-up about an important change that is coming to
>         Avocado:
>         > we're dropping Python 2.6 support.
>         >
>         > Why?
>         > ====
>         >
>         > Initially, we planned Avocado to be supported on Python 2.7
>         and Python
>         > 3.x.  Then we realized that a lot of our users still depended
>         on Python
>         > 2.6 because of platforms such as EL6.
>         >
>         > Python 2.6 support came, and after a while our first LTS
>         (36.0) version
>         > was released.  This gives EL6 users a stable version they can
>         rely on.
>         >
>         > Now it's time to look forward.  By dropping official support
>         for Python
>         > 2.6, we can focus our energy on other goals.  Since we're
>         talking Python
>         > versions, one of those if to support Python 3.x in the same
>         code base.
>         >
>         > When?
>         > =====
>         >
>         > Pretty soon, that is, as early as the published PR is accepted:
>         >
>         > https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/pull/1748
>         >
>         > Users on EL6:
>         > =============
>         >
>         > We recommend our users running Avocado on EL6 to stick to the LTS
>         > releases (currently version 36.3).  This will ensure that
>         bugfixes will
>         > be delivered to you.  For more information on how to use the LTS
>         > versions please check the following link:
>         >
>         >
>         http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux
>         >
>         > For more information of LTS releases, check the following link:
>         >
> 
>         The proper link with info on LTS releases is:
> 
>         https://www.redhat.com/archives/avocado-devel/2016-April/msg00038.html
> 
>         Regards,
>         - Cleber.
> 
>         >
>         http://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/36lts/GetStartedGuide.html#enterprise-linux
>         >
>         > Alternatively, if you need features not present in the 36.0
>         series, you
>         > may still use a version as recent as 45.0, but *without* the
>         level of
>         > support that LTS releases have.
>         >
>         > Please let us know if you have any issues or questions.
>         >
>         > Thanks!
>         >
> 
>         --
>         Cleber Rosa
>         [ Sr Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - Red Hat ]
>         [ Avocado Test Framework - avocado-framework.github.io
>         <http://avocado-framework.github.io> ]
> 
> 

-- 
Cleber Rosa
[ Sr Software Engineer - Virtualization Team - Red Hat ]
[ Avocado Test Framework - avocado-framework.github.io ]

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