Drop support for Python 3.6
Drop support for Python 3.6 as it is EOL
Why deliberately drop support? If people are stuck on 3.6 for whatever reason it will be nice for them to be able to use it as long as it lasts.<|||||>Python 3.6 is EOL now.  Do we still want to retain support for it?<|||||>> Why deliberately drop support? If people are stuck on 3.6 for whatever reason it will be nice for them to be able to use it as long as it lasts.

But this will also make the development & maintenance of the library harder. Many libraries drop support for Python 3.6.<|||||>Thanks for your request! As long as there isn't a very impactful feature missing or compatibility issue with our current setup, we're unlikely to drop support for Python 3.6 just yet as we aim for maximum compatibility across versions.<|||||>Thanks @LysandreJik for your reply on this. <|||||>This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. If you think this still needs to be addressed please comment on this thread.

Please note that issues that do not follow the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) are likely to be ignored.<|||||>Python 3.6 will be dropped over the next few weeks: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/16832<|||||>This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. If you think this still needs to be addressed please comment on this thread.

Please note that issues that do not follow the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) are likely to be ignored.<|||||>This has been addressed.