Proposal: Drop GDB support for Python versions < 2.6
Kevin Buettner <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gdb.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
I want to drop support in GDB for Python versions 2.5 and lower. I've proposed two patches which use facilities that are only present in Python 2.6 and later. To be clear, these mechanisms are also present in Python 2.7 and 3.X. Python documentation encourages use of these newer facilities over the older ones. My patches can be found here: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-02/msg00311.html https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-02/msg00314.html The latter patch provides a detailed rationale for dropping support for older versions of Python. Here is a brief summary: Python 2.6 was first released in Oct, 2008. Five years later, in Oct, 2013, a final security release was made along with the announcement that support for Python 2.6 has ended. That being the case, it seems reasonable for GDB to end support for all Python versions prior to Python 2.6. Going even further, since 2.6 is no longer supported by the Python community, I'd also be okay with saying that GDB only supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.X. Comments?