On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 05:02:02PM +1300, Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote: > My understanding was that flagging an interface as Obsolete _is_ the > warning. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but the Obsolete and > EOF process[1] says: "The first step in removing something from the > system is to conduct a project whose aim is to reclassify it as > obsolete." It also seems to require a 1 year timeout from reclassifying > before the interface can be removed.
If the EOF process does indeed apply to this case, then fine. > > This would depend on if 2.6 is really incompatible. I couldn't find > > any clear statement on incompatibilities, and if they're considered > > bugs or not. Do we have an idea? > > There are some. I don't have a definitive list, but a few > examples I know of: > - the .pyc format changed > - strings are not supported as Exceptions This one alone breaks a significant body of code. I don't think we will be able to remove 2.5 for a long time. regards john
