[AVRO-3681] [Python] GitHub actions failing with python 3.6

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0, 1.11.2
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Martin Tzvetanov Grigorov
• Reporter: Ryan Skraba
• Created: 02/Dec/22 17:23
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 19:46
• Resolved: 06/Dec/22 21:41

Description

The GitHub actions build is failing on Python 3.6, apparently because it is not available on ubuntu-latest anymore.

From the logs in this job:

2022-12-02T16:13:26.6605941Z Requested labels: ubuntu-latest
2022-12-02T16:13:26.6606006Z Job defined at: apache/avro/.github/workflows/test-lang-py.yml@refs/pull/1995/merge
    <snip>
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7515296Z ##[group]Run actions/setup-python@v4
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7515540Z with:
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7515728Z   python-version: 3.6
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7515931Z   check-latest: false
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7516303Z   token: ***
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7516513Z   update-environment: true
2022-12-02T16:13:38.7516716Z ##[endgroup]
2022-12-02T16:13:38.9235198Z Version 3.6 was not found in the local cache
2022-12-02T16:13:39.2572679Z ##[error]Version 3.6 with arch x64 not found
The list of all available versions can be found here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/main/versions-manifest.json
2022-12-02T16:13:39.2689115Z Post job cleanup.
    <snip>

We can see that there is no 3.6 with a platform version of 22.04 in the referenced version manifest:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/main/versions-manifest.json

This issue is discussed here: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/544

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2005