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doc: Update RFC 8 on the minimal Python version in addons
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Expand Up @@ -35,12 +35,18 @@ be raised in the [requirements](https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/blob/main/REQUIRE
file if the current minimum Python version reaches end of life or there are any
important technical reasons.

At the same time, we raise the minimal Python version for a matching branch
in grass-addons.

For example, when Python 3.8 goes end-of-life before the release of 8.4.0, we
raise the minimal Python version for 8.4.0 to 3.9. We also raise the minimal
Python version for grass8 branch in grass-addons repo to Python 3.9.
Given that addons need to work at least with the latest release and the
development version, the minimal Python version in grass-addons is not raised
together with the development version. It is raised only after the next
release.

For example, suppose the latest release is GRASS 8.3 with a minimal Python
version of 3.8, 8.4 is the development version, and Python 3.8 reaches end of
life before 8.4.0 is released. We raise the minimal Python version for 8.4.0 to
3.9 in the requirements file right away. The grass8 branch in grass-addons repo
has to keep working with the 8.3 release and with the development version, so
its minimal Python version stays at 3.8 until 8.4.0 is released and is raised to
3.9 only then.

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