The latest version of transformers drops support for Python 3.8

[Jadeiin]

Since 4.47.0 transformers no longer supports for Python 3.8. And the default python version in Jetpack 5 is 3.8. Should the build version of transformers in config be fixed to 4.46.3?

[johnnynunez]

Since 4.47.0 transformers no longer supports for Python 3.8. And the default python version in Jetpack 5 is 3.8. Should the build version of transformers in config be fixed to 4.46.3?

omg we will need jetpack 7 based on ubuntu 24.04 hahaha
well, you can build containers with

PYTHON_VERSION=3.11 jetson-containers build transformers

[Jadeiin]

Since 4.47.0 transformers no longer supports for Python 3.8. And the default python version in Jetpack 5 is 3.8. Should the build version of transformers in config be fixed to 4.46.3?

omg we will need jetpack 7 based on ubuntu 24.04 hahaha well, you can build containers with

PYTHON_VERSION=3.11 jetson-containers build transformers

here's a quick fix:

package = [
    transformers_pypi('latest', default=(L4T_VERSION.major >= 36), requires='>=36'),            # will always resolve to the latest pypi version
    transformers_pypi('4.46.3', default=(L4T_VERSION.major < 36), requires='<36'),              # 4.46.3 is the last version that supports Python 3.8
    transformers_git('latest', codename='git'),                                                 # will always resolve to the latest git version from huggingface/transformers
    transformers_git('latest', codename='nvgpt', repo='ertkonuk/transformers'),     # will always resolve to the latest git version from ertkonuk/transformers
]

[dusty-nv]

Thanks @Jadeiin ! I just merged this into dev branch with commit 28e011a 👍