[Python-Dev] Drop support for old unsupported FreeBSD and Linux kernels? (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Jan 19 04:29:58 EST 2018

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:04:34 -0800 Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote: > CPython still has compatibility code for Linux 2.6, whereas the > support of Linux 2.6.x ended in August 2011, longer than 6 years ago. > Should we also drop support for old Linux kernels? If yes, which ones? > The Linux kernel has LTS version, the oldest is Linux 3.2 (support > will end in May, 2018). > > Linux kernel support: > > https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

RHEL 5 uses 2.6.28, and still has "extended life cycle support" until 2020, but I guess no-one should be running Python 3.7 on that. CentOS 6 and RHEL 6 use 2.6.32, and their EOL is also 2020 (or 2024 for RHEL 6 with extended life cycle support).

As another data point, 2.6 is often run on cheap OpenVZ-based virtual servers. For example, I have this OVH entry-level VPS (2014 range) with an up-to-date Debian stable:

$ cat /etc/debian_version 9.3 $ uname -rv 2.6.32-042stab127.2 #1 SMP Thu Jan 4 16:41:44 MSK 2018

Regards

Antoine.

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