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Sage supports all minor versions of Python released 42 months prior to the next planned release date, and at minimum the two latest minor versions.
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Accordingly, Python 3.7 and newer are supported at the moment.
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On Dec 26, 2021 support for Python 3.7 is dropped (initially released on Jun 27, 2018).
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This is to reduce the technical debt of maintaining the project.
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The support policy follows Numpy's version support recommendations `NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`_.
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In order to reduce the technical debt of maintaining the project, Sage follows
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Numpy's time window-based support policy
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`NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`_ for Python versions.
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Accordingly, minor versions of Python that are older than 42 months
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at the next planned release date are no longer supported.
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In December 2021 support for Python 3.7 (initially released in June 2018) is dropped and
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in April 2023 support for Python 3.8 is dropped (initially released in October 2019).
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