On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:51:51 +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Aaron Bentley wrote: > >> Ironically, one of the reasons we started requiring 2.4 (we previously >> required 2.3) was that 2.4 has the subprocess module, which makes >> crossplatform compatibility a lot better. > > the subprocess module is available for 2.2 and 2.3 as well (it's pure > python on unixes, a binary extension is needed for windows), and has > a very tolerant license, so you can ship it with BZR if you want to.
As Aaron said, we made a decision not to spend our time supporting 2.3, which should be in the next release of most distributions. That doesn't mean someone couldn't do a backport to 2.3 if they wanted to, but for most people it's easy enough to install 2.4. You can install it in your home directory if you want; you don't have to get the sysadmin to do it. We are keenly aware of the cost of external dependencies. -- Martin _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/
