There is no way we can update conda to 24.9.2 in epel9 using the standard python3 (3.9).  We *might* be able to do it for python3.11, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

According to https://devguide.python.org/versions/, Python 9 becomes EOL one year from now. Sometime in the next year, I submit that it becomes worth the effort.

(In reply to Greg Hennessy from comment #2)
> According to https://devguide.python.org/versions/, Python 9 becomes EOL one
> year from now. Sometime in the next year, I submit that it becomes worth the
> effort.

Python 3.9, my apologies for the error.

Presumably RedHat will be supporting Python 3.9 through the life of RHEL9 as it is the default python.  In any case, I really don't have the time to work on it.  Feel free to contribute to the effort though.

> According to https://devguide.python.org/versions/, Python 9 becomes EOL one year from now. Sometime in the next year, I submit that it becomes worth the effort.

Upstream EOL dates are mostly irrelevant for RHEL packages.  For example, Python 2.7 was EOL upstream in January 2020, but RHEL 8 provided security patches for it through June 2024.

> Presumably RedHat will be supporting Python 3.9 through the life of RHEL9 as it is the default python.

Yup, that is confirmed by the AppStream lifecycle page.

https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhel-app-streams-life-cycle#rhel9_full_life_application_streams