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+## Python 3.6 support will be dropped in the next release
+
+The final [Python 3.6 release was 3.6.15 in September](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/#lifespan).
+This release series is now End-of-Life (EOL). The only LTS distribution that
+still ships Python 3.5 as the default Python is Ubuntu 18.04, which has Python
+3.8 available as well.
+
+Python 3.7 has various features that we find useful such as future annotations,
+the importlib.resources module, and dataclasses.
+
+As a result, we will begin requiring Python 3.7 or newer in Meson 0.62, which
+is the next release. Starting with Meson 0.61, we now print a `NOTICE:` when
+a `meson` command is run on Python 3.6 to inform users about this.