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diff --git a/python/Pipfile b/python/Pipfile index 87773d5a..fd9e9b6f 100644 --- a/python/Pipfile +++ b/python/Pipfile @@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ toml = ">=0.10" fuzzycat = "==0.1.9" [requires] -# We install Python 3.7 using a PPA (deadsnakes) on Internet Archive cluster -# machines, which as of Spring 2020 are still running Ubuntu Xenial (16.04), -# which has a system default of Python 3.5. -python_version = "3.7" +# As of Fall 2020, Internet Archive cluster VMs are split between Ubuntu Xenial +# (16.04) and Focal (20.04). Default python version for xenial is 3.5, but we +# backport python 3.7 and 3.8 using a PPA (deadsnakes). Default on Focal is +# python 3.8, which we hope to stick with for at least a couple years. +python_version = "3.8" |