[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-3004) Drop Python 3.5 Support

["Subhash Bhushan (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Subhash Bhushan commented on AVRO-3004:
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[~kojiromike]
 * Now 3.5 has reached end of life, is this ticket a go?
 * Does it translate to simply dropping 3.5 from build and setup?
 * Should pypy3.5 support be dropped too?

> Drop Python 3.5 Support
> -----------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-3004
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3004
>             Project: Apache Avro
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: python
>            Reporter: Michael A. Smith
>            Priority: Major
>
> Python 3.5 has reached its end of life, according to [PEP 478|https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0478/#id4].
> Furthermore, pip, the standard Python package installer, [intends to drop support for Python 3.5|https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/news/#b1-2020-10-31] in its January release of pip 21.0.
> Python 3.6 adds [new features|https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.6.html] that we will be able to take better advantage of, such as fstrings, variable annotations, and async.



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