On 07/29/2010 02:55 PM, Hanno Schlichting wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Christian Theune<c...@gocept.com> wrote: >> On 07/29/2010 02:42 PM, Hanno Schlichting wrote: >>> The docs explicitly state that Python 2.4 is no longer supported at all. >>> >>> Go with the times and use Python 2.6 or 2.7 ;) >> >> The docs also say that ZEO supports older clients. The application that I >> currently have in mind has no chance of moving from Python 2.4 but probably >> would benefit from a threaded ZEO server which I'd like to verify. > > I think we discussed the Python version support policy on this list in > regard to the changes to exception classes. It's documented pretty > clearly: > > ZODB 3.10 requires Python 2.5 or later. > > Note -- > When using ZEO and upgrading from Python 2.4, you need to upgrade > clients and servers at the same time, or upgrade clients first and > then servers. Clients running Python 2.5 or 2.6 will work with > servers running Python 2.4. Clients running Python 2.4 won't work > properly with servers running Python 2.5 or later due to changes in > the way Python implements exceptions.
Thanks for digging this out. I'll try to find the discussion and refresh my memory. > So the ZODB 3.10 server requires 2.5. You cannot run clients with > Python 2.4 with a server running 2.5. Therefor you will have to update > the application at some point. Darn. That kinda invalidates the point of supporting older clients, though. :/ -- Christian Theune · c...@gocept.com gocept gmbh & co. kg · forsterstraße 29 · 06112 halle (saale) · germany http://gocept.com · tel +49 345 1229889 0 · fax +49 345 1229889 1 Zope and Plone consulting and development _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
