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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/about_minimum_python_version.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/about_minimum_python_version.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f7fb0d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/about_minimum_python_version.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +## 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. |