[Python-Dev] Supported versions of OpenSSL

[Random832]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016, at 04:09, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Hmm, that last part would mean that Python 3.7 will no longer compile
> on e.g. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS which uses OpenSSL 1.0.1 as default version.
> Since 14.04 LTS is supported until 2019, I think it would be better
> to only start requiring 1.0.2 in Python 3.8.

If someone's going to compile a new version of Python for Ubuntu LTS,
they can compile a new version of OpenSSL. How likely is it that someone
will want to use the packaged version of OpenSSL, but not use the
packaged version (which is 3.4) of Python?