From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RzLc3-0001wb-Jm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:16:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D1B5E0D36; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:16:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59853E0D36 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:16:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DB771644A6 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbrq13 with SMTP id rq13so7242420pbb.40 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:16:31 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.208.136 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.208.136; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.208.136 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=floppym@gentoo.org Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.208.136]) by 10.68.208.136 with SMTP id me8mr57922587pbc.55.1329714991404 (num_hops = 1); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:16:31 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Discussions centering around the Python ecosystem in Gentoo Linux X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.208.136 with SMTP id me8mr47838004pbc.55.1329714991388; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:16:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.46.135 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:16:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9DBD9C2050C542488A7B46D83B6D31B4@bergstroem.nu> References: <9DBD9C2050C542488A7B46D83B6D31B4@bergstroem.nu> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:16:31 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] On Python 2.5 From: Mike Gilbert To: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 3c61ee26-28e7-4a0e-b1fd-0bc31c186419 X-Archives-Hash: ea17393f758682f81898d74acb654203 2012/2/20 Johan Bergstr=C3=B6m : > 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 reall= y 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 depe= nded > 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 Bergstr=C3=B6m > > We might be making the upgrade path for ancient systems more difficult. python-2.5 has EAPI=3D1 whereas python-2.6 has EAPI=3D2. I don't feel this is a show stopper.