[Bug 1866859] Re: SRU: backport Python 3.6.12, 3.7.9 and 3.8.6 to bionic

[Neal McBurnett]

There seems to be at least one security issue with the current version
of Python 3.8 in Bionic, which is still 3.8.0.

See: What’s New In Python 3.8 — Python 3.8.6 documentation
 https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.6/whatsnew/3.8.html

I.e.: Notable changes in Python 3.8.1
 Due to significant security concerns, the reuse_address parameter of 
 asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint() is no longer supported. This is because of the behavior of 
 the socket option SO_REUSEADDR in UDP. For more details, see the documentation for loop.create_

So thanks for putting this together, and I hope it is accepted soon.

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Title:
  SRU: backport Python 3.6.12, 3.7.9 and 3.8.6 to bionic

Status in python3-stdlib-extensions package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.6 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.7 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.8 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in python3-stdlib-extensions source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.6 source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.7 source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed
Status in python3.8 source package in Bionic:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is a follow-up to LP: #1835737, backporting Python 3.6.12, 3.7.9
  and Python 3.8.6 to bionic.

  The 3.7 and 3.8 packages are not used by default (Python 3.6 is the
  default), so there is no regression potential for the packages.

  The python3.8-doc package isn't built, because a newer sphinx version
  that the one in bionic is required.

  The updates for 3.6 are checked with a test rebuild.

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