Re: Anybody still using Python 2.3?

Kyle VanderBeek <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:42:57 -0700
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The only back-pressure you might get would be from RHEL4, which is still
python 2.3.  However, it is nearing its end of life and only promises
security updates.  In my mind, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:59 AM, P.J. Eby <pje-Wh6+Hckhi6HFNGf7iClzIwC/[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm thinking about dropping support for Python 2.3 shortly.  Mainly, I'd
> like to start requiring Python 2.4 in the 0.7 series of setuptools, as this
> will allow me to drop some kludgery.
>
> In general, however, I'd also like to start dropping Python 2.3 support
> from other packages, with an emphasis on phasing out the quirkier aspects of
> DecoratorTools usage.  Also, 2.4 has built-in sets, threading.local,
> datetime, unittest-doctest support, etc. etc. -- all of which (and more)
> there are numerous backport kludges for in PEAK projects.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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