requirements: Update PyYAML requirement to 5.3
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Merged update to PyYAML 5.3 to resolve Windows wheel availability for Python 3.8+. Reviewer confirmed standard pip installation works, so custom wheel references were removed prior to merge.
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They are no longer providing updated wheels for windows for newer python versions (>3.7). This updates snapcraft to use 5.3 instead, which is the current version and is being provided updated wheels for newer python versions.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged update to PyYAML 5.3 to resolve Windows wheel availability for Python 3.8+. Reviewer confirmed standard pip installation works, so custom wheel references were removed prior to merge. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged update to PyYAML 5.3 to fix Windows wheel compatibility for Python 3.8+. Reviewer confirmed standard PyPI installation works, so custom wheel links were removed and the change merged. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged update to PyYAML requirement to 5.3, resolving Windows wheel compatibility for Python >3.7. Custom wheel URLs were removed after testing confirmed the standard package works correctly on Windows with Python 3.8. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3713 requirements: unpin pyyaml and update dependencies | snapcraft | merged | Merged following reviewer approval and passing CI. Unpinned mccabe and PyYAML to enable libyaml bindings for Python 3.10, updating four dependency files. |