Drop support for Python 3.5 about humanize HOT 7 CLOSED

I'd watch out with dropping support for 3.6 as you're talking Ubuntu Bionic here which is still a very active LTS version of Ubuntu and dropping support for it just isn't necessary, dropping 3.6 would annoy too many users but I agree dropping 3.5 is acceptable.

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No, Python 2.7 has been EOL since 2020-01-01.

16% is low when comparing with other projects which have also dropped Python 2, and for people still needing 2.7 it's still possible to install the last humanize that did support it.

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Here's the pip installs for humanize from PyPI for May 2020:

Source: pip install -U pypistats && pypistats python_minor humanize --last-month

Another option is to follow NEP 29, which would suggest supporting 3.6+ already now, and 3.7+ from 2020-06-23:

• https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html

Comments welcome!

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Looks like a lot of people still use humanize with python2.7. Is 2.7 still supported?

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Thanks for the feedback, let's keep Python 3.6 for a bit longer.

July 2020:

Source: pip install -U pypistats && pypistats python_minor humanize --last-month

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I'm considering this won't need a major version bump, as the python_requires will be updated so people still on 3.5 will get the last release that did support it.

Any thoughts on this?

from humanize.

No feedback on whether to bump, will bump for the extra clarity it brings. Releasing 3.0.0 now.

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