On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 at 16:28, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> Stretch also goes end of life on June 30 2022, so just a few months away. You definitely shouldn't be using that.
The platform is part of the Python binary packages build chain; they
are purposely on the old side of the spectrum in order to create
binaries which can work with as many Linux distributions as possible,
making use of core libraries ABI compatibility. The rationale is
available at https://peps.python.org/pep-0513/
-- Daniele