bug#68416: closed ([PATCH] python: add 3.20 - 3.16 to the version search list)

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> [PATCH] python: add 3.20 - 3.16 to the version search list
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> Sat, 13 Jan 2024 01:41:44 -0500
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> With Python 3.12 out now, and 3.13 out in ~9 months, the existing runway
> is running out.  Bump up to 3.20 for the next Automake release.
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> * m4/python.m4: Add python3.20 - python3.16.
> * NEWS: Mention new Python versions.
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>  NEWS         | 2 +-
>  m4/python.m4 | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index c4e3d58ecb27..c53573a0abbb 100644
> --- a/NEWS
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> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ New in 1.17:
>      version. If a specific version of Python 2 is still needed, the
>      $PYTHON variable should be set beforehand.
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> -  - AM_PATH_PYTHON will also search for Python versions 3.15 through 3.10.
> +  - AM_PATH_PYTHON will also search for Python versions 3.20 through 3.10.
>      It previously searched for 3.9 through 3.0. (bug#53530)
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>    - RANLIB may be overridden on a per-target basis.
> diff --git a/m4/python.m4 b/m4/python.m4
> index 8d4e4d21585b..2de57c52ae81 100644
> --- a/m4/python.m4
> +++ b/m4/python.m4
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PYTHON],
>    dnl supported. (2.0 was released on October 16, 2000).
>    m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
>  [python python3 dnl
> + python3.20 python3.19 python3.18 python3.17 python3.16 dnl
>   python3.15 python3.14 python3.13 python3.12 python3.11 python3.10 dnl
>   python3.9 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3.3 dnl
>   python3.2 python3.1 python3.0 dnl
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> Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:12:13 -0700
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>     With Python 3.12 out now, and 3.13 out in ~9 months, the existing runway
>     is running out.  Bump up to 3.20 for the next Automake release.
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> Applied, thanks.
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> Not proposing to try anything for our upcoming release, but I wonder if
> there is some more general way to handle Python versions? We don't have
> to laboriously list every possible version for anything else.
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> As things are, I'm tempted to include 4.20-4.1 too, because their next
> major incompatibility will probably come sooner rather than later ...
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> wdyt? --thanks, karl.
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