Important fixes no longer being backported to 2.16

[sivel]

Some of that info is available in CfgMgmtCamp 2026 discussion (1/12): Supported Python versions, or: supporting older Operating Systems

See Support core packaging operations against older python versions by sivel · Pull Request #86432 · ansible/ansible · GitHub

And also: Ansible supported Python version on _target_ - #15 by Thulium-Drake