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docs(python): document adding Python 3.9 support, dropping 3.5 support (
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Closes #787
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tseaver authored Dec 17, 2020
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- The feature must be documented in both the API and narrative
documentation.

- The feature must work fully on the following CPython versions: 2.7,
3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 on both UNIX and Windows.
- The feature must work fully on the following CPython versions:
3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 on both UNIX and Windows.

- The feature must not add unnecessary dependencies (where
"unnecessary" is of course subjective, but new dependencies should
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We support:

- `Python 3.5`_
- `Python 3.6`_
- `Python 3.7`_
- `Python 3.8`_
- `Python 3.9`_

.. _Python 3.5: https://docs.python.org/3.5/
.. _Python 3.6: https://docs.python.org/3.6/
.. _Python 3.7: https://docs.python.org/3.7/
.. _Python 3.8: https://docs.python.org/3.8/
.. _Python 3.9: https://docs.python.org/3.9/


Supported versions can be found in our ``noxfile.py`` `config`_.

.. _config: https://github.com/{{ metadata['repo']['repo'] }}/blob/master/noxfile.py

Python 2.7 support is deprecated. All code changes should maintain Python 2.7 compatibility until January 1, 2020.

We also explicitly decided to support Python 3 beginning with version
3.5. Reasons for this include:
3.6. Reasons for this include:

- Encouraging use of newest versions of Python 3
- Taking the lead of `prominent`_ open-source `projects`_
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