Re: Can ZTK 1.0 support Python 2.7?

Tres Seaver <[email protected]>
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Charlie Clark wrote:
> Am 13.07.2010, 20:48 Uhr, schrieb Christian Zagrodnick <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Actually I was thinking about the individual packages. I assume
>> dropping Python 2.4 should bump the respective package version at least
>> from 1.x.y to 1.x+1.0, right?
> 
> ZTK 1.1 will officially not support Python < 2.6 but it won't seek to  
> actively break 2.4 and 2.5.
> 
> It sounds like you are suggesting what to do about packages that  
> definitely don't work with < 2.6. While I would have thought a syntax  
> change shouldn't mean a major version, breaking compatibility obviously  
> warrants some thought. But then I wouldn't expect a release just based on  
> new syntax. Have you got a specific example in mind?

I would say that a release of a ZTK package which drops support for a
Python version still supported by ZTK 1.0.x should get a second-level
version bump:  that is the best possible signal that it is not a
candidate for inclusion in ZTK 1.0.x+1.


Tres.
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