MacOS tests fail to install Python 3.7 (which is EOL anyway)
mslw opened this issue · comments
Our GitHub actions for MacOS testing use macos-latest, and it looks like they just started failing to set up Python 3.7: see https://github.com/datalad/datalad/actions/runs/8817812378/job/24205131401#step:4:11
Error: The version '3.7' with architecture 'arm64' was not found for macOS 14.4.1.
This was not the case 2 days ago, when the test ran on macOS 12.
Given that 3.7 reached EOL 10 months ago, I think we need to bump the Python version rather than change the macOS version. For macOS tests for sure, maybe also for others if still used.
Related: #7400
we ran into similar problem yesterday in dandi:
we need to boost to at least 3.10 at least or stick to macos-12... I will propose a PR
Ha, I just noticed that macos-latest only provides 3.11 and 3.12 https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-14-arm64-Readme.md#python
Note that I already made a PR bumping all tests to 3.8, and I'm happy to tweak it further. Preferences whether to bump Python or lower macOS? I'd go with 3.11.