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 1RZ4pF-0007hZ-VE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:05:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCA4E21C163; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E82021C163 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:05:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A4A1B4010 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:05:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.601 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.601 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qhd560o2PG-C for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD3561B4011 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6B122045 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:05:21 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:references:subject:date:to :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id :in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=Rx6YKthhDLxtA5TpPo/JiVyIZf4=; b=uj/5 8+fNENQY04lm97VAte/HtzzRQeD/dRC1lKUjKJaIezBzfuj+6FfBDvZsygzJl0jU P3fbRJrdNsSIb6ZkliEpP4Y86QyxyZ6xW0HvvHR6seJk4PDHkmtMqEl/3GdKShdF lgQ1/sWnN1izuu0uwBY1rwcyOZ3zgkEPM7mRuVA= X-Sasl-enc: doBkF+Aij4ZGvXzdqufshK3xMXDrHwa0RsISd2hbj8AX 1323453920 Received: from gentoobook.trollsnaetverk (unknown [46.32.64.68]) by smtp.myopera.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 748558E0195 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:05:20 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes References: <201112090650.07858.Arfrever@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Leaving 2.4 behind Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:05:17 +0400 To: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Nikolaj Sjujskij" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <201112090650.07858.Arfrever@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.52 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 7d29f750-3b6b-4862-a96a-47c127ffbd28 X-Archives-Hash: 19f02491884719313637bb7e3def1f6f > I feel it's about time to leave 2.4 behind I'd say that *support* for Python 2.4 may be dropped, not `dev-lang/python:2.4` itself. Mask it and declare "unsupported". When it breaks itself (couldn't be compiled and no-one cares to write a patch), drop it. There're Gentoo users writing in Python for old RedHat, which would be supported till Py4k is out, so why drop what hasn't been broken (yet)? > I have neutral opinion about removing support for Python 2.4, but I > think that you should > perform the survey amongst larger number of users (e.g. on Gentoo Forums) Good idea.