Drop Python 3.8 and add Python 3.13 #445
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With Pylons#445, it no longer makes sense not to use `pkgutil.resolve_name` to handle the importing of WSGI applications in the runner. There is one very minor behavioural change in that `pkgutil.resolve_name` allows a broader syntax for the imports, but supports the same syntax as the existing code being removed, so this is a minor concern. It has the pleasant side effect of removing some legacy code only present for Python 2.6 that was missed when Python 2 support was removed.
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@digitalresistor Thanks for your maintenance efforts. It would have been nice to have the drop of support for Python 3.8 noted with a major version bump and a mention in the release notes. I know Python 3.8 is no longer supported even by the Python community and don't have any objection to dropping support for it, but this caught at least one member of the Plone community who has an old site on Python 3.8 and tried to upgrade to waitress 3.0.1. |
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@davisagli I think it can always be debated what constitutes a major version number and in strict semver (which waitress and most other pylons projects don’t follow too strictly) I probably agree with you but to be honest the python-requires metadata was correctly updated which is the main thing here. Anyone not respecting that metadata needs to get on board regardless of version numbers. |
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https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/stable/ has no mention of this change and needs to be updated. Can you confirm in which version this change was released, so I can put it under the proper heading? Sorry, I haven't been tracking this closely. |
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You’re right it was missed in the changelog. Good eye. They were part of 3.0.1. |
Add change log entry for #445 and update supported Python versions
As it says on the tin. Drop Python 3.8 and add Python 3.13