Support Python >= 3.12 and drop support for Python 2.x
Author: hlongmoreCreated Oct 12, 2025Updated Oct 12, 2025
Labelsenhancement
Feature Request
Trying to install arrow with Python 3.12.3 installed does not work, because (at a minimum) distutils has been removed, but is required by the package six. As Python 2.x is far beyond EOL now, perhaps it is time to support Python >= 3.12 by dropping the six package and thus dropping support for 2.x?
This is the traceback I get trying to install via poetry:
> poetry add arrow
Using version ^1.3.0 for arrow
Updating dependencies
Resolving dependencies... (0.1s)
Package operations: 4 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
• Installing six (1.17.0): Failed
EnvCommandError
Command ['/home/hlongmore/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/tagflow-c_c9oK7O-py3.12/bin/python', '-W', 'ignore', '-'] errored with the following return code 1, and output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 7, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'Source: arrow-py/arrow