[Biopython] Dropping Python 3.4 support?

[Peter Cock]

I've opened a pull request which would declare our next release
Biopython 1.74 will be the last one to support Python 3.4,

https://github.com/biopython/biopython/pull/1935

Peter

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:39 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, If the NumPy community is comfortable dropping Python 3.4
> soon, I'm happier to do the same :)
>
> It took me a little digging to find on their website but:
>
> > Future Changes
> > - NumPy 1.16 will drop support for Python 3.4.
> > - NumPy 1.17 will drop support for Python 2.7.
>
> https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/release.html
>
> In practise Biopython should be just fine with NumPy 1.15 on
> Python 3.4 - I'm not actually sure what the oldest version of
> NumPy everything still works with its, but 1.12 is being used
> on one of the continuous integration targets.
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 5:01 AM Jamie Morton <jamietmorton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also keep in mind that numpy is dropping python=3.4 in the near future, so this makes a lot of sense ...
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 4:36 PM Sean Brimer <skbrimer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Peter,
> >>
> >> I do not think that would be a problem. From my (limited) understanding any 3.4 code would still be compatible with any version higher just not the other way around.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:50 AM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear Biopythoneers,
> >>>
> >>> I would like to drop Python 3.4 support in order to reduce
> >>> our continuous integration testing requirements.
> >>>
> >>> We currently (as of Biopython 1.73) support Python 2.7
> >>> (until 2020), and Python 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7.
> >>>
> >>> According to the Python website, Python 3.4 and 3.5 are
> >>> still getting security fixes, with the final release of Python 3.4
> >>> expected March 2019 in line with end-of-life 2019-03-16.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0429/
> >>> https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches
> >>>
> >>> Would dropping Python 3.4 support inconvenience any
> >>> Biopython users? Should we wait one more release
> >>> (i.e. Biopython 1.74, which we might aim to release in
> >>> March 2019?)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Peter
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