Announcement: Upcoming dropped support for Python versions, FW versions, Operating Systems in 2023

[kairenw]

Discussed in #497

^{Originally posted by kairenw March 15, 2023}

Upcoming dropped support for Python versions, FW versions, Operating Systems in 2023

Python

Python 3.7 reaches its end of life on June 27th, 2023. We will likely stop producing Python 3.7 ouster-sdk wheels by November 2023.

FW versions:

FW 2.0 will be 3 years old in November 2023, with numerous upgrades introduces in subsequent FWs 2.1-2.5, and FW 3.0. New versions of the Python SDK and new commits of ouster_example will likely stop supporting direct communication with sensors running FW 2.0 by November 2023, although recorded data in the pcap+json format will continue to be read and supported.

Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 reaches its end of standard support in May 2023. We will likely stop supporting the C++ and Python builds of ouster_example on 18.04 by November 2023. You will still be able to run available Python wheels on your system if you so choose.

As already announced in the ouster-ros repo, there will no longer be ROS melodic support past its End of Life in May 2023.

Issues?

If you are an Ouster customer and the announced plans for dropping support do not work for you, please contact us via the Issues here on Github, through the Customer Support on the Ouster website, or through your sales representative to discuss your use case.

[kairenw]

Closing in favor of updated Lifecycle Policy Announcement,

There should be no contradiction in information; the lifecycle policy announcement merely adds more information for upcoming dropped support