Re: Opinions for supported Python versions?

I see no reason to support Python 2.4 and lower. I'd maintain 2.5
compatibility until it's prohibitive to the development process then
drop that as well. The few users that still rely on old versions of
Python still have the TMDA 1.1.x line available.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Kevin Goodsell
<[email protected]> wrote:
> At this point I'm not sure it's exactly clear what Python versions are
> supported, and I don't know off the top of my head if there's on
> official requirement. I believe my releases have included dependencies
> on Python 2.4, and some of my recent commits depend on Python 2.5
> features.
>
> Certainly supporting versions up to 2.7.x is desirable (and any future
> 2.x versions, though I *think* 2.7 is expected to be the last in the
> Python 2 line), and supporting 3.x is impractical until some significant
> work is put into converting the entire code base.
>
> So the main question is the minimum supported version. Python 2.5 was
> released in September of 2006, and is available in Debian's "oldstable"
> release (Lenny) from February 2009. Since Debian has a reputation for
> old software in its stable releases, something that's available as far
> back as it's previous stable release seems more than reasonable.
>
> Python 2.6 seems reasonably widespread at this point, and was released in
> October 2008. It's also the default version in the current Debian
> release.
>
> My suggestion for now is to make 2.5.x to 2.7.x the supported versions,
> with the intention of dropping 2.5.x in the not-to-distant future.
>
> Does anyone feel that support for versions as old as 2.4.x is still
> necessary? Or that 2.5.x will be necessary for an extended period of
> time?
>
> -Kevin
>

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