Python 3.6 EOL

[sanders41]

Python 3.6 reached end of life today so it will not receive any more updates, including security updates. Just an FYI in case you want to drop support for it.

[alallema]

Thanks, @sanders41 good to know! We actually stop the support on the versions as soon as the security updates are stopped.

[sanders41]

A few notes for whoever makes the updates. When 3.6 is removed from the CI file, Python 3.10 is no longer beta so that one could be updated also, changing it from '3.10.0-beta - 3.10.0' to '3.10'. The quotes are important because otherwise yaml will drop the trailing 0 and use 3.1. If I remember correctly there are also some updates needed for bors.

@alallema on your end after the first CI run with the new settings you will need to update the branch protection rules to remove 3.6 and add the new 3.10. Just a friendly reminder for something easy to forget 😄 .