Support for Python in the Research EnvironmentΒΆ
The Research Environment provides support for a number of python-based tools, supporting python versions 3.7 and above.
Support for python within the Genomics England Research Environment follows the python developers' support model, while still providing you with a reasonable window to complete projects on older versions where necessary. The policy is summarised in the following table:
| Python Version | Keep available in the TRE? | Package Installs? | Genomics England Support? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently supported by python developers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ceased to receive official support within last 12 months | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ceased to receive official support >12 months, <24 months | Yes | No | No |
| Support ceased > 24 months ago | No | No | No |
We encourage you to reach out to tool developers to request that these be updated to the newest Python versions.
Environments will only be retained where there is a demonstrated need to reserve the functionality, for example tools that require python 2.7. Other than python 2.7, we currently only support python versions 3.6 and above.
You may be able to use containers to access tools using older versions of python.