That is a thorough and well worded response. Thank you. 2.5 often frustrates me but you've just changed my vote. I think we should continue to support 2.5. It seems to be mostly just an inconvenience. On Apr 14, 2013 12:26 PM, <hacm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu 8.04 has not reached end of life yet (it does this year, though) > and has 2.5 as the system Python. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for > details. > > RedHat 5 reaches EOL in 2020 and still runs 2.4. See > https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates for > details. > > The last version of Solaris that I used also had 2.4 installed (~6 months > ago). > > I know Jython doesn't actually work with SymPy presently, but its latest > stable version is 2.5, so many (most?) of its users are still writing code > that is compliant with that version. > > Google App Engine is supporting Python 2.5 until (at least) January > 2014[1] and only announced deprecation of 2.5 in the past month[2]. > [1] https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/python25/ > [2] > http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2013/03/python-25-thanks-for-good-times.html > > Django's 1.4 release, which is still updated with patches also supports > 2.5, etc. > > Corporate environments are very resistant to change (and rightfully so). > If you want to support these kinds of users (and I think you should), then > there should be a very high bar to dropping support for Python versions. So > I would suggest you wait as long as possible. Given the limited resources > for SymPy development, it can be tempting to slash-and-burn things that > seem inconvenient. But also given the limited resources, there are many > other high-priority and high-visibility things that can be addressed > without dropping Python 2.5 support. Such is the life of a library > developer. > > Then again, if there is no one in the SymPy community who is actually > running on 2.5, then it may not be a big deal in this particular case. If > literally no one pipes up on the mailing list saying that they are still > using SymPy on Python 2.5, there may be no harm. But remember that not all > users are following the mailing list. Also, SymPy is not quite as > "enterprisey" a project as a database driver, a VCS, or a web framework. > > It doesn't matter to me, since I use 2.7 everywhere, but out of compassion > for people who are stuck in controlled environments, I would say the longer > the delay, the better. I would recommend waiting at least until Jan 2014 > when GAE stops supporting it, then reassess. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
