Python agent with version 3.11

[p-goodman]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We are developing software which we would like to upgrade to the maximum possible Python version. In order to run tests on the CI agents, we need a preinstalled Python 3.10 or 3.11.

Describe the solution you'd like
Preinstall Python 3.10 and 3.11 on the python agent

Describe alternatives you've considered
We might write our own agent based on the base agent but this would take some time

Additional context
none

[BraisVQ]

Hi @p-goodman,
The current approach is to install python with yum modules and I do not think there is one for version 3.10 or 3.11
@gerardcl

[gerardcl]

Hi @p-goodman,

The agreement so far is to support RedHat UBI images, as well as to support official RedHat software packages so, since there is no official RedHat UBI images for python versions above 3.9 yet (see https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search?q=python3&p=1) to run the build applications, we can't provide it yet.

What is the requirement to go for 3.10 or 3.11?

Best,

[p-goodman]

Hi @braisvq1996 and @gerardcl ,
thanks for your answers.

There's no strict requirement but we would like to build modern state-of-the-art software. We are upgrading all our applications from 3.8 (because this has EOL next year) and would like to make the biggest version jump possible. 3.9 is also quite old as it was released in 2020 and has EOL in 2025. But I guess we can live with that or we might consider to build our own agent.

Thanks nevertheless. Kind regards

[BraisVQ]

Hi @p-goodman,

The agreement so far is to support RedHat UBI images, as well as to support official RedHat software packages so, since there is no official RedHat UBI images for python versions above 3.9 yet (see https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search?q=python3&p=1) to run the build applications, we can't provide it yet.

What is the requirement to go for 3.10 or 3.11?

Best,

It seems that since a few days ago Red Hat provides python 3.11 images and packages (but not 3.10 though )

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_basic_system_settings/assembly_installing-and-using-python_configuring-basic-system-settings
• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/search?q=python3&p=1