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SubjectRe: [PATCH] docs: document python version used for compilation
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On Thu, 09 May 2024, Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org> wrote:
> The drm/msm driver had adopted using Python3 script to generate register
> header files instead of shipping pre-generated header files. Document
> the minimal Python version supported by the script.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index 5685d7bfe4d0..8d225a9f65a2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ cpio any cpio --version
> GNU tar 1.28 tar --version
> gtags (optional) 6.6.5 gtags --version
> mkimage (optional) 2017.01 mkimage --version
> +Python (optional) 3.5.x python3 --version

Python 3.5 reached end-of-life 3½ years ago [1]. What's the point in
using anything older than the oldest supported version of Python,
i.e. 3.8 at this time?

BR,
Jani.


[1] https://devguide.python.org/versions/



> ====================== =============== ========================================
>
> .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
>
> ---
> base-commit: 704ba27ac55579704ba1289392448b0c66b56258
> change-id: 20240509-python-version-a8b6ca2125ff
>
> Best regards,

--
Jani Nikula, Intel

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