EOL Python 3.8

src/python/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
         "3.12",
         "3.11",
         "3.10",
-        "3.9",
-        "3.8",
-        "3.7",
-        "3.6"
+        "3.9"
       ],
       "default": "os-provided",
       "description": "Select a Python version to install."

test/python/install_additional_python.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 check "python version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python3 version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python version 3.10.5 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.10.5"
-check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
+#check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
 check "python version 3.9.13 installed"  bash -c  "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.9.13"
 
 # Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario

test/python/install_additional_python_rhel_family.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source dev-container-features-test-lib
 check "python version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python3 version 3.11 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.11"
 check "python version 3.10.5 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.10.5"
-check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
+#check "python version 3.8 installed"  bash -c "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.8"
 check "python version 3.9.13 installed"  bash -c  "ls -l /usr/local/python | grep 3.9.13"
 
 # Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario

test/python/install_python_3_8.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "python version 3.8 installed as default" bash -c "python --version | grep 3.8"
+check "python3 version 3.8 installed as default" bash -c "python3 --version | grep 3.8"
+
+# Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario
+check "autopep8" autopep8 --version
+check "black" black --version
+check "yapf" yapf --version
+check "bandit" bandit --version
+check "flake8" flake8 --version
+check "mypy" mypy --version
+check "pycodestyle" pycodestyle --version
+check "pydocstyle" pydocstyle --version
+check "pylint" pylint --version
+check "pytest" pytest --version
+
+# Check paths in settings
+check "current symlink is correct" bash -c "which python | grep /usr/local/python/current/bin/python"
+check "current symlink works" /usr/local/python/current/bin/python --version
+check "which autopep8" bash -c "which autopep8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8"
+check "which black" bash -c "which black | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/black"
+check "which yapf" bash -c "which yapf | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf"
+check "which bandit" bash -c "which bandit | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit"
+check "which flake8" bash -c "which flake8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8"
+check "which mypy" bash -c "which mypy | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy"
+check "which pycodestyle" bash -c "which pycodestyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle"
+check "which pydocstyle" bash -c "which pydocstyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle"
+check "which pylint" bash -c "which pylint | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pylint"
+check "which pytest" bash -c "which pytest | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pytest"
+
+# Report result
+reportResults
+

test/python/scenarios.json

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         "features": {
             "python": {
                 "version": "3.11",
-                "additionalVersions": "3.8,3.9.13,3.10.5"
+                "additionalVersions": "3.9.13,3.10.5"
             }
         }
     },
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "features": {
             "python": {
                 "version": "3.11",
-                "additionalVersions": "3.8,3.9.13,3.10.5"
+                "additionalVersions": "3.9.13,3.10.5"
             }
         }
     },
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@
             }
         }
     },
+    "install_python_3_8": {
+        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "features": {
+            "python": {
+                "version": "3.8"
+            }
+        }
+    },    
     "install_alternate_tools": {
         "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1-ubuntu-22.04",
         "features": {
@@ -255,5 +263,5 @@
                 "enableShared": true
             }
         }
-    }
+    }    
 }