[Scons-dev] Should we remove python 3.5 from our CI tests

[Jason Kenny]

I work on a Apache process. The point of the process is to create community. We have people vote on a release or process that range from devs , ops to users. The goal is to not break stuff and make something people want to use. 

The project I work on we test on ever platform with different compilers. We only cut a platform when it falls off the supported list. Honestly most of the test failure seem come from "older" platforms when we try to add something new. Having the testing for these system make sure we don't break on the system and for our users. 

There is also a voting system used with "negative" votes that is used to prevent stuff from happening. It is often used by Ops people to say that they tested something and it breaks. Don't release. The community works at the point to figure out how to address the issue and go forward with a new vote. 

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Scons-dev <scons-dev-bounces at scons.org> On Behalf Of anatoly techtonik
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 10:36 AM
To: SCons Development <scons-dev at scons.org>
Subject: Re: [Scons-dev] Should we remove python 3.5 from our CI tests

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:39 PM Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 13:54 -0700, Bill Deegan wrote:
> > […]
> >
> > Regardless I think we've covered the bases in this discussion and 
> > let's revisit Jan 2019 to see what makes sense.
> > The thoughtful discussion is much appreciated!
>
> In the end, SCons development must be a do-ocracy (an Apache concept I 
> believe), in that those who actually do development stuff have vastly 
> more votes than those who watch development. Obviously those who use 
> and report back also must have a voice.

Just a reminder that mindless do-ocracy is the best way to kill backward compatibility and lose user base. From the other side, it always possible to fork away something like waf. :)
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anatoly t.
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