Jim Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:27:16 +0200 > Andreas Rottmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I wonder how long source packages that build binary packages for >> multiple versions (2.{1,2,3}) should continue to build packages for >> the old Python versions. IMHO, this should be documented somewhere >> (Policy?). Is there any timeline how long Python 2.2 and 2.1 should >> stay in the archive? > > Well, zope-2.6 officially requires python-2.1, although it mostly runs > on python-2.2. So, until major packages like zope move on, I think that > python-2.1 will remain. > > Zope-2.7 requires python-2.2.3, but that release of zope is still in > beta. So, I am guessing it will be a while before 2.1 is dropped, never > mind 2.2. > But it is OK to drop 2.1/2.2 support for packages that nothing depends on?
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