build: reduce minimum Python version to 3.10
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Merged to reduce the minimum Python version to 3.10. Approved by two reviewers and passed core checks. Minor integration test failures were noted, with a recommendation to cherry-pick a fix or ignore them on the hotfix branch.
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SNAPCRAFT-1148
Fixes #5522
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged to reduce the minimum Python version to 3.10. Approved by two reviewers and passed core checks. Minor integration test failures were noted, with a recommendation to cherry-pick a fix or ignore them on the hotfix branch. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to lower the minimum Python version to 3.10, fixing issue #5522. A reviewer recommended cherry-picking a related PR or skipping a bzr test for the hotfix branch, but the core version update was successfully integrated. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to reduce the minimum Python version to 3.10, resolving issue #5522. A maintainer suggested cherry-picking a related fix or ignoring bzr test failures on the hotfix branch. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #186 bump minimal python version to 3.10 | craft-store | merged | Merged. Bumps minimum Python version to 3.10, resolving issue #177. Approved by two reviewers, the change updates 26 files with 155 additions and 171 deletions. | |
| #208 build: update minimum Python version to 3.10 | starbase | merged | Merged after two approvals. Updated the minimum supported Python version to 3.10 to resolve CI failures on macOS 14 arm64 runners, which lack Python 3.8. Changes span four files. | |
| #207 build!: bump minimum Python version | craft-application | merged | Merged after three approvals and passing CI. The change bumps the minimum supported Python version to 3.9, dropping Python 3.8 support ahead of the 2.0 release. | |
| #5546 build: reduce minimum Python version to 3.10 | snapcraft | closed | Changes to reduce the minimum Python version to 3.10 and add Ubuntu Questing support for python-apt were closed and superseded by pull request #5547. | |
| #320 chore!: bump minimum python version to 3.10 | craft-cli | merged | Merged following approval from two reviewers. The change updates the minimum Python version to 3.10 across 15 files. A reviewer noted the update likely necessitates a major release. | |
| #178 chore!: bump minimum Python version to 3.10 | craft-store | closed | Bumping the minimum Python version to 3.10 was closed without merging. Lacking reviewer feedback, CI checks, or comments for over eight months, the changes were abandoned. | |
| #177 Bump minimum python version to 3.10 | craft-store | closed | Closed without implementation. The proposal to bump the minimum Python version to 3.10 was abandoned or superseded by a later release, with no comments or resolution details recorded. | |
| #117 chore!: bump minimum Python version to 3.10 | craft-archives | merged | Merged changes bumping the minimum Python version to 3.10. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI checks, and updated three files. | |
| #5558 fix(build): fix uncaught issue running on Python 3.10 | snapcraft | merged | Merged a fix resolving an uncaught issue when running on Python 3.10. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks. The changes were retargeted for the 8.10.0 release to unblock downstream projects. | |
| #49 ci: enable Python 3.10 (CRAFT-744) | craft-store | merged | Merged after single reviewer approval and passing CI checks. Enables Python 3.10 in the CI pipeline with minimal changes across two files. |