Is there are any specific reason why support of Python 3.10 and 3.11 was dropped before their end-of-life?

[andrii-sherepa]

I see the following end-of-life dates https://devguide.python.org/versions/

Branch	End of life	Release Manager
3.11	2027-10	Pablo Galindo Salgado
3.10	2026-10	Pablo Galindo Salgado

[pemistahl]

The space on PyPI where the library is hosted is limited. A single wheel file consumes 170 MB. I had to limit the supported Python versions, otherwise the space on PyPI would not suffice. Each Python version needs its own wheel file for each supported platform.

[andrii-sherepa]

Thanks for the quick response and detailed explanation!
Would it be possible to restore support for 3.11 only, or does it still exceed the quota?

I'm not very familiar with PyPI quotas, but I noticed some packages have over 400GB of artifacts based on the stats. It seems that verified profiles might have their quotas extended. I can look into this further if you think it would be helpful and you have time to address it.

[pemistahl]

Would it be possible to restore support for 3.11 only [...] ?

No, I won't. Please update your Python version.

[andrii-sherepa]

Sometimes it's not so easy as the project is big and has a lot of dependencies...
Sad to hear, seems like we are in 47% bucket according to stats

Thank you for your effort and completely understand

[pemistahl]

Sometimes it's not so easy as the project is big and has a lot of dependencies...

Then you obviously missed out on updating your dependencies on a regular basis. If you do it regularly and consistently, problems like yours will not occur at all.