Hi John, On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 11:17 AM John Mulligan <phlogistonjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:33:21 AM EDT Dan van der Ster wrote: > > Hi Casey, > > > > I guess this doesn't matter for cephadm users anyway. > > The cephadm "binary" is limited to supporting the lowest common python version > available on all the supported platforms. It runs outside of a container > context. So currently the binary is limited in what python stdlib modules and > languages features. I'd personally be interested in being able to use python > versions newer than Python 3.6. > > The current refactoring project and the "compiled" cephadm make are on track > to make it supporting older Python a little less burdensome as we'll be able > to eventually use a small curated set of non-stdlib dependencies. But there > are good language level improvements (newer type hinting syntax comes to mind) > that I'd personally like to use. > Fair enough -- I just wanted to point out that what we support via "packages" -- what Casey is discussing -- is very different from what we as a project support in general. Cephadm allows Ceph to support "any modern Linux distro" [1] and we should try not to alter that principle. [1] https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/cephadm/install/#requirements > > I don't think we track it via the telemetry, but it would be nice to know > > how many users are cephadm vs packages. > > > > Yes please :-) > > > BTW, is the container image already based on steam 9 for Reef and Squid? > > > > I just double checked main branch CI images - they're based on Centos 8 > Stream. I'm pretty sure, but didn't verify, that reef images are too. > Do you expect any problems rebasing on Stream 9 ? Cheers, dan > > > Cheers, Dan > > > > > > -- > > Dan van der Ster > > CTO > > > > Clyso GmbH > > p: +49 89 215252722 | a: Vancouver, Canada > > w: https://clyso.com | e: dan.vanderster@xxxxxxxxx > > > > We are hiring: https://www.clyso.com/jobs/ > > > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 7:03 AM Casey Bodley <cbodley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > now that Reef gives our users an upgrade path away from centos stream > > > 8 and ubuntu 20.04, i propose that we drop support for those old > > > distros from the S release. if there's agreement here, we can stop > > > building/testing them on main asap > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list -- dev@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to dev-leave@xxxxxxx
