OK, that sounds like a step forward. I guess that means that we can start using Python 2.7 immediately, then. I'll respin my patches.
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 08:06:52AM -0400, Andy Hill wrote: > Hi Ben, > > XenServer 6.6 (still to be released) will ship with Python 2.7 as the > system python. Nightlies are currently available at xenserver.org. > > Versions of XenServer below 6.6 will need Python 2.7 installed probably via > RPMs, like you suggested. > > -AH > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > Hi Andy, did you hear anything back from Citrix, either on installing > > Python 2.7 in addition to the Python 2.4 shipped with XenServer, or on > > whether the next version of XenServer will have a newer Python? I know > > that other OVS users are eager to take advantage of modern Python > > features, so I'd like to get this resolved. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben. > > > > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 06:59:17AM -0400, Andy Hill wrote: > > > I don't think it's too difficult, there just needs to be a well known > > > location where it's installed. It's unclear if we'll have to do the > > > installation or a newer version of Python will be available with a > > > XenServer update. > > > > > > Specifically ovs-xapi-sync[1] will need an update to point to the new > > > python location if the system python isn't updated. > > > > > > I've pointed Citrix to this mailing list thread. > > > > > > [1] > > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/xenserver/usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-xapi-sync#L1 > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 07:23:49PM -0700, Andy Hill wrote: > > > >> > As a consequence, this requires dropping support for old versions of > > > >> > XenServer. I don't expect that to be much of a problem. > > > >> > > > >> Unfortunately, the most recent release of XenServer (6.5) still ships > > > >> with Python 2.4. > > > > > > > > How hard is it to install a newer Python in parallel with the system > > > > version on XenServer? I'd guess that RPMs are available. It shouldn't > > > > be too much work to make OVS use "/usr/bin/python2.7" or whatever > > > > instead of "/usr/bin/python". > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
