Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-09 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Dec 9, 2012, at 09:09, Rainer Müller wrote: > This is especially a problem as other ports implement a different way to > select the version for modules/libraries. For python, the default for > py-foo is always py24-foo. Actually, the default is py24-foo only if "24" is in python.versions. Ot

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-09 Thread Aljaž Srebrnič
On 09/dic/2012, at 16:09, Rainer Müller wrote: > On 2012-12-09 05:12, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> On Dec 8, 2012, at 17:53, Joshua Root wrote: >>> With the unified portgroup there's almost no extra effort involved >>> in having them. I don't think there's any reason to drop them >>> until upstream doe

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-09 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2012-12-09 05:12, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Dec 8, 2012, at 17:53, Joshua Root wrote: >> With the unified portgroup there's almost no extra effort involved >> in having them. I don't think there's any reason to drop them >> until upstream does. > > Users unfamiliar with the intricacies of the py

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Dec 8, 2012, at 17:53, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2012-12-9 10:31 , Aljaž Srebrnič wrote: >> I'd like to know what's the policy with maintaining py2[4-6]- ports… >> Shouldn't we gradually drop support for older python versions? > > With the unified portgroup there's almost no extra effort involve

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Joshua Root
On 2012-12-9 13:44 , Ned Deily wrote: > Certainly it's up to any project to determine what they want to support. > Keep in mind, though, that the older releases, like 2.4.x and 2.5.x, > were retired or in security-fix-only mode prior to the release of > current OS X and Xcode versions, so the l

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Ned Deily
In article <44c1f45b-f327-4721-910a-bfac53194...@orcaware.com>, Blair Zajac wrote: > On Dec 8, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Ned Deily wrote: > > WRT Python itself: Python 2.4.x and 2.5.x are no longer supported in any > > way by the PSF Python project (www.python.org). Python 2.6.x is in > > security-fix

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Blair Zajac
On Dec 8, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Ned Deily wrote: > In article <50c3d30a.2080...@macports.org>, > Joshua Root wrote: > >> On 2012-12-9 10:31 , Aljaž Srebrnič wrote: >>> Hello list! >>> I'd like to know what's the policy with maintaining py2[4-6]- ports… >>> Shouldn't we gradually drop support for ol

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Ned Deily
In article <50c3d30a.2080...@macports.org>, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2012-12-9 10:31 , Aljaž Srebrnič wrote: > > Hello list! > > I'd like to know what's the policy with maintaining py2[4-6]- ports… > > Shouldn't we gradually drop support for older python versions? > > With the unified portgroup

Re: python24-26 policy

2012-12-08 Thread Joshua Root
On 2012-12-9 10:31 , Aljaž Srebrnič wrote: > Hello list! > I'd like to know what's the policy with maintaining py2[4-6]- ports… > Shouldn't we gradually drop support for older python versions? With the unified portgroup there's almost no extra effort involved in having them. I don't think there's