[Macos-12] Python version 3.7 will be removed from the macos-12 image on September 16,2024

[susmitamane]

Breaking changes

Pre-cached python 3.7 will be removed from the macos-12.

Target date

September 16,2024

The motivation for the changes

According to our software and image guidelines tools and versions will typically be removed 6 months after they are deprecated or have reached end-of-life. Python 3.7 series which has now reached end-of-life more than a year ago thus we have to remove it.

Possible impact

• GitHub actions — runs can take a bit more time as https://github.com/actions/setup-python will have to download and install 3.7 version instead of using the pre-cached one
• AzureDevOps — builds using python 3.7 will be broken

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Mitigation ways

AzureDevOps — consider switching your projects to more recent python versions.

[sarathrajsrinivasan]

We are planning on not proceeding with this. Hence closing the announcement.