Minimum supported Python version

[lfvdavid]

Description

Can we revert back to 3.12 for minimum supported python version.

As you know we are in our pipelines using the version of python provided with ubuntu 24.04 which is 3.12.3.

Probably need to be done in the plugins, and client aswell if we have set minimum supported version to 3.13 there aswell.

[lfvdavid]

@jimisola

[jimisola]

I understand but way in the benefits of staying current with Python. The idea is to be backwards compatible with the two latest versions 3.13 and 3.14.

We can't follow Ubuntu's LTS Python cadence for a generic open source project - it would hold us back 4 years (see below).

Ubuntu 26.04 is released April 23rd and comes with 3.13. But, before the release of Ubuntu 28.04 LTS, Python 3.15 and 3.16 will have been release (3.13-16) as per: https://devguide.python.org/versions/

May I suggest the following:

1. Wait with upgrading reqstool until then your CI/CD is on 3.13 that gives you time to find a more permanent solution.
2. If it's for the reqstool command in CI/CD use the docker image: https://github.com/reqstool/reqstool-client/pkgs/container/reqstool
3. Use another image or set Python version using pyenv (I actually thought I added pyenv to our CI/CD)