Re: Anybody still using Python 2.3?

Daniel Kersten <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2009 13:55:17 +0100
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Anyone I personally have contact with is using, at a minimum, Python
2.5, so as far as I'm concerned, it is unlikely many people would be
affected by dropping 2.3.

2009/7/31 Kyle VanderBeek <[email protected]>:
> 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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