linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/6] scripts/get_abi.py: make it backward-compatible with Python 3.6

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Message-ID: <2f9b3ec8-4877-4df1-99a1-f5ab3488add5@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 18:40:31 +0900
From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/6] scripts/get_abi.py: make it backward-compatible with
 Python 3.6

Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Wed, 5 Feb 2025 11:37:52 +0900
> Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com> escreveu:
[...]
>> I think rewording the summary to
>>
>>   "scripts/get_abi.py: make it backward-compatible with Python <3.11"
>>
>> would resolve Jon's confusion.
> 
> Sure, but IMO it is still valuable to say somewhere that the script
> was tested and it is known to work since Python 3.6.
> 

If you want "3.6" in the summary phrase, how about

  "scripts/get_abi.py: make it backward-compatible with Python <3.12 >=3.6"

?

        Thanks, Akira