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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] On Python 2.5
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:16:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP40erG8O4ts8Cs_37D5GNE=FhSggR3SP+1mmSKJGZO69BQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9DBD9C2050C542488A7B46D83B6D31B4@bergstroem.nu>

2012/2/20 Johan Bergström <bugs@bergstroem.nu>:
> Good day all,
> with Python 2.4 being removed and all (anyone seen complaints about this, btw?),
> I'd like to discuss the removal of Python 2.5.
>
> Although 2.5 was one of those versions that started to be useful, I really see no
> reason to just keep it around "just because".
>
> Did a quick glance in the tree and couldn't find a package that only depended
> on python:2.5 specifically. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> The question is therefore: why keep python 2.5 in tree?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Johan Bergström
>
>

We might be making the upgrade path for ancient systems more
difficult. python-2.5 has EAPI=1 whereas python-2.6 has EAPI=2. I
don't feel this is a show stopper.



  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-20  5:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-20  5:04 [gentoo-python] On Python 2.5 Johan Bergström
2012-02-20  5:16 ` Mike Gilbert [this message]
2012-02-20  6:13   ` Matthew Summers
2012-02-20  8:51     ` Dirkjan Ochtman
2012-02-20 23:36       ` Jesus Rivero (Neurogeek)
2012-02-20  7:44 ` Sjujskij Nikolaj
2012-02-20  7:59   ` Johan Bergström
2012-03-04 16:13     ` Nikolaj Sjujskij

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