DEP: q2-fragment-insertion can't be upgraded to Python 3.10, due to pinned SEPP dependency on Python <=3.9

[gregcaporaso]

Here's the relevant pin. This will need to be addressed for q2-fragment-insertion to stay in the amplicon distribution when QIIME 2 transitions its Python version to 3.10 (planned for the 2024.10 release, which is currently scheduled for 2 October 2024).

[sjanssen2]

Hi @gregcaporaso. It is pinned to 3.9 because SEPP, not the q2 plugin was incompatible with py3.10 in its last release.

It has meanwhile been fixed, but no new release was created. I asked for a new release some hours ago: smirarab/sepp#136

For the meantime, I tried to simply source the bioconda recipe from HEAD instead of a release, however the bioconda CI service is "broken" at the moment: bioconda/bioconda-recipes#41025

[gregcaporaso]

Thanks @sjanssen2. We have a little bit of time for a fix for this. We are going to start the transition to Python 3.10 this summer. If you hear of updates, it would be great if you could share here.

[sjanssen2]

This problem should be solved now: new bioconda packages for py3.10 are now available

[gregcaporaso]

Thanks @sjanssen2! We'll check it out and follow-up if needed. Really appreciate your efforts on this!

[lizgehret]

I'm going to close this as completed - per qiime2/distributions#367 we have a working amplicon metapackage build for python 3.10!