From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC44138C9D for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 04:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CB67E0934; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 04:43:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11C63E08C4 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 04:43:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vapier (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC1A9340D98 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 04:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 00:42:59 -0400 From: Mike Frysinger To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] officially drop support for python 2.6, 3.1, and 3.2 Message-ID: <20150602044259.GY4496@vapier> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <1432997883-13531-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <556CCBAA.8050504@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="diT81a9gloLbuVo+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <556CCBAA.8050504@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 514379b2-ea6e-4334-8f6e-43e2197a40c5 X-Archives-Hash: 7fe30843dd66d7c74dd7662efb9f7087 --diT81a9gloLbuVo+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01 Jun 2015 23:16, Alexander Berntsen wrote: > On 30/05/15 16:58, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > We no longer support these in the ebuild and don't want to waste=20 > > time implementing compatibility shims for them. >=20 > In principle I don't mind this at all. >=20 > However, should we do some sort of survey? Maybe a forum poll or > something to see if someone desperately needs them? the portage ebuild dropped support: python 3.1: 21 months ago python 2.6: 10 months ago python 3.2: 8 weeks ago the python team itself no longer supports these versions either and it's no= t=20 possible to install other modules using them. they're already forcing you = to=20 pick 2.7 or 3.3+. plus, i'm not talking about changing existing releases, just new ones, whic= h=20 means it's going to be a while before people are completely impacted. at s= ome=20 point we have to move forward and the shims for 2.6/3.1/3.2 are holding us= =20 back now. 2.6 is obvious enough, but 3.1 & 3.2 are a pain due to the unico= de=20 differences. conversely, py2.7 and py3.3+ have the same unicode literal fo= rmat. -mike --diT81a9gloLbuVo+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVbTRTAAoJEEFjO5/oN/WBLr4P/2VWMQ0GsH49eqOuI0unCrS6 u/52KRbmGkx4y/90tbVq7QJ65W156wHBUkoSz/XMAjnDRL6YnMm1bumYNGua78/O FITkq2VYerkPlXisEH9raMLcSci5cFuxZCkksyTJrG4ummJDJ9omQ5sixie3FiZ+ 7X5lfeoPr74EdBOCKFpU5E9LMGXgMZ9gQk8akDZ0stAaoomzAjp3AcnQ84myNkKU Lf/S03a79wTtfrsj4Ce+hcZu9g7xRro6lp3OSwKsIuKSShyE/+h4HnKXoE9xYZGU K7ytgzcF/BCSrgHwUbynFcYtTXKdyFM+/6p/yZRIeBEBlpcgILGOM5KSGvVz5vP+ VFgLevp25USzoIrlAb5r4AWGKYzCzO/Y91f1QfIay0uOWDu0F5QkTBfvjktJv+8H Gj6btaw55QK5EL9ZlMzCOoz8nT0wEW/sTQ9YUxqxnW7jxoTdoyKSy6N63qTILAIW lY1oT/OWRUCtrq8w0nK0vaUgm+UgIihOxDj+ivdXWr2T1FjjiOATAspFWTzvngXX iFxdSlJF3GCbFKKmCtST5hItdtuTFrqDDxly6BFhHmhIK+/hX3DoJ1Dss4S+ENQp 2JPmIrerSRu5N2uf04d8WvBEcc80ybVzeBfNfRkD9wMzoMPfxkl6Rak3IKjoGSYP pARB2zaQgNhWKS3SXJ21 =GBkC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --diT81a9gloLbuVo+--