Upgrade from Python 2.7.17 --> 3.8.1

[cclauss]

Fixes: #191

• https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-381
• http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-2-sunset.html

[jacobq]

Thanks so much for submitting a PR (just peeked at this and #204)! This project has been pretty dormant lately so I'm happy to see some activity.

[cclauss]

I also believe that Visual Studio 2019 is now supported and VS2015 is not so perhaps the beta should step up there as well.

[jacobq]

Do you happen to know if support for Windows 7 has been dropped? It'd be nice to have a link to that info as well since there are still numerous users running on versions of Windows older than Windows 10.

[jacobq]

As it stands right now, this PR appears to basically just bump numbers and update a link in the README. Unless there are objections, I plan to rebase/squash and merge this once it's clear/documented how compatibility is affected -- i.e. which versions of NodeJS and Windows are supported. Then we can update to VS2019 and attempt a beta release (might need @felixrieseberg to help with that).

[sam-github]

@jacobq Win7 still supported, see platform support: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#platform-list

Use the branch dropdown to compare to various node.js releases if wanted, for example: v12.x is https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v12.x/BUILDING.md#platform-list

[jacobq]

@jacobq Win7 still supported...

Thanks; that covers the NodeJS portion. When we do the VS2019 update we'll need to check compatibility for that also.

[cclauss]

@jacobq nodejs/node#25789 (comment) should help clarify some things.

@sam-github and I discussed and we think your beta idea (mentioned above) is great.

[cclauss]

@felixrieseberg Can we please get a release of the current codebase uploaded into npm?