Hibiscus will be an intermediate "non-SLURP"
release.
We'll continue to stress on the need for python 3.14
testing with non-voting jobs. Since
python 3.10 will go EOL a few weeks after we ship
the 2026.2 release, it's warranted to drop support
for it. Our PTI guideline requires us not to end
support prematurely for actively maintained
versions of python. However, it's unlikely that
production deployments would use this version of
python given its short lifetime remaining.
Python 3.14 was not actively tested with the
Gazpacho release as it was a stretch goal for testing.
Installing it on an operating system that doesn't
natively support it would mean that we'd compile
python and spend some time in each job. In this
release we'll try and adopt Ubuntu 26.04 LTS as soon
as it is available so that py3.14 test jobs can
be run with better efficiency.
We hope to iron out any bugs with python 3.14's use
with OpenStack software by the end of this release,
and perform end-to-end testing with it in the
2027.1 "I" release using devstack based tempest
tests through the availability of OS support via
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS where needed/possible.
Change-Id: Ia74f1b6f5dd2dfa43294d20c32728716492a3d60
Signed-off-by: Goutham Pacha Ravi <gouthampravi@gmail.com>
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