2009/11/13 Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 01:10:35PM +0100, Sascha Silbe wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:12:11AM +0000, Daniel Drake wrote: >> >>>> As Tomeu mentions, Python 2.6 reduces the cjson/json performance advantage. >>> >>> OK, didn't see this. Yes, using python standard library seems like the way >>> to go. >> >> Unfortunately not all distros ship Python 2.6 yet, most notably Debian. So >> we need to at least fall back to simplejson for those. > > Generally, I recommend Sugarlabs to document clearly in source of the various > components (e.g. in an INSTALL file) which versions of Python the code is > expected to work against, and which version has been extensively tested.
We have http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.86/Platform_Components for that, maybe we can point to that page in the INSTALL files of all Sugar modules? > One thing is that Debian do not currently ship Python 2.6 as default version > of Python. Another is that we ship multiple versions concurrently, and > attempt[1] to allow users to choose at runtime. > > Currently I package Sugar packages with the assumption that they all work > with Python 2.5 and newer - but it would sure be better if you explicitly > stated which version were a) believed working and b) actually tested. 2.5 is all we have required to date, AFAIK. > ...or that you provide refression tests, so that distributors can > automatically discover if some odd setup suddently stop working at a "minor" > Sugar update. We really need that, though I think that we should first get a more normal ratio of maintainers per module before we raise the expectations of packagers. Regards, Tomeu > > - Jonas > > [1] it is often difficult to package for multiple Python releases, so some > package maintainers choose the easier approach of only packaging for whatever > is the default version (which allows Ubuntu to switvh to their often newer > default version with a simple rebuild of same packaging, but does not allow > users at runtime to switch to a different version for that Python module - > and all dependent modules). > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJK/WJvAAoJECx8MUbBoAEht5MP/jMSQ7WlDVmxbVjOQmje6jpd > 08y+EulLZ3HnM0f+HrIDlxqXjFrdjam3dn6gBaLYx6OdZ6rAwLiZtpAUtcE2LLp4 > i5ykvuCOSiePVPCRY7PpaskGNy7s8lgc3mrGSz9mOyQageqjOa+mVhrVL4joHLL0 > vqK1Y/jBl2IzKEcYGZnlTn5y5ZK42OXSwzpGPiDcn9i0sco2+tuLz/4PEeVZKy2q > k/SIFXtgMXl1RRsR6QuIg4zwVeZopQnvCMxdjrLdXH+OfjHOv1TvTzkZF24iH9/p > SYS8ZrtvPbCDgShgo3G4NIYj+MMbcXp9rT9bH6Z70nyKavO5SzPI/UAonB7LgNkZ > ZBoq5mz1ZXNqhb7kW/D1nz9t33PPikBQ+Fnuy4JUZFBYKx9UueBHxueMoCw/cm5D > BjNFUhfQD6vCfH5g4MzXgQ0TvSmW4bJLfvJpRIF0DnLQSl6nileiO1RV2li+Oiix > itM5yHJlY4DbhZpKYw38AWNGVDZSv/+4+8aLs6lfr3PGMGj47Vqok/ENftkqBY0x > 2bmekjv0+391LzOkKTqRfptAMBl4rswR7aZjEiuqfiWYK7XtPKPOUJXT9ELV82fK > suyuGVmlBVeeFif1ATzx++pjjDaEovXAXAh25wHBfnAAg97rdyuJBfUFX11j97Z2 > jgt7n4LsnbtSumeTxjQo > =w3U6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
